Dejarnette v. Hospital Authority of Albany

Hewlett, Justice.

In the intervention it is insisted that the hospital authorities law (Ga. L. 1941, p. 241)' and the contract, as a whole, are void as violative' of the constitution of this State, art. 1, sec. 1, par. 2 (Code, § 2-102), providing that “Protection to person and property is the paramount duty of government, and shall be impartial and complete,” on the grounds: (a) that the hospital authorities law creates against intervenors and others similarly situated a liability which subjects their property to taxation for the rendering of medical aid and care, and the use of facilities in…