Butler v. Lincoln Hospital & Home
New York Supreme Court
Action by Joshua Butler against the Lincoln Hospital and Home. On motion in favor of defendant for judgment on the pleadings. Granted.
1Opinion of the CourtNewburger, J.
[1,2] The complaint alleges that the defendant maintained a hospital, and that the plaintiff on the 14th day of December, 1909, was in said hospital, and that he was sent by the defendant to Bellevue Hospital as an insane person, and subsequently . to Ward’s Island, and thereafter to the insane asylum at Middletown, N. Y., where he was confined against, his will until October, 1912 ;• that the act of the defendant was malicious. The answer alleges the incorporation and existence of the defendant for charitable purposes, and admits the transfer of the plaintiff to Bellevue Hospital, and denies…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Schloendorff v. Society of the New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Dineen v. MayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
3Cited by1 opinion
- Daly v. SobieskiNew York Supreme Court · 1924