In re the Accounting of Griffith

Christopher C. McGrath, S.

The claimant is a physician on the staff of a New York City municipal hospital. He has filed a claim for services rendered to the decedent after the said decedent became an emergency patient at the hospital as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

The notice of claim served upon the administratrix on behalf of the physician-claimant specifies that he relies on the provisions of subdivision c of section 585 of the New York City Charter (as amd. by Local Laws, 1943, No. 49 of City of New York) as supporting his right to charge a fair and reasonable…