St. Clare's Hospital v. Breslin

This is an appeal in an article 78 proceeding from a decision of Special Term which affirmed the determination of the Albany County Welfare Commissioner denying payment of hospital bills for an alleged medically indigent person. There was no hearing.

The petition alleged that St. Clare’s Hospital in the City of Schenectady was a charitable, nonprofit organization and on June 25, 1960, one Pearl Schoonmaker was admitted as an emergency patient and within the prescribed time the petitioner sent a request for payment to the Albany County Welfare Department alleging the patient was unable to pay…