DOUGLAS ETC. ASS'N v. Newby

45 Wn.2d 784 (1954)

278 P.2d 330

DOUGLAS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, Respondent,

v.

JOE NEWBY et al., Appellants.[1]

No. 33018.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

December 23, 1954.

James T. Nelson, for appellants.

Ned W. Kimball, for respondent.

DONWORTH, J.

This is an action to recover a balance of $592.76 alleged to be due and owing by defendants to Douglas County Memorial Hospital (herein called the hospital) for services rendered to defendant wife.

Simultaneously with the filing of the complaint, the hospital sued out a writ of attachment, pursuant to which the sheriff…