Mercy Hospital v. City of Pittsburgh

Weiss, J.,

Plaintiff, Mercy Hospital, filed this suit in assumpsit to recover from defendant, City of Pittsburgh, for emergency medical care and hospital treatment furnished to persons brought to the hospital for care by police officers of the City of Pittsburgh.

Defendant, City of Pittsburgh, filed preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer alleging that plaintiff had not set forth a cause of action because:

1. It has pleaded no contract executed by the proper officers of the City of Pittsburgh with the Mercy Hospital under which the city assumes to pay for the hospital care of the…