David City Hospital v. Gilmore

David City Hospital sued Mrs. Gilmore on account of services it had rendered to her mother. It asserted the alternative of (1) quasi-contract based on a statute concerning support of the poor or (2) implied promise. The claims were dismissed at the close of plaintiff’s evidence. Plaintiff on appeal contends that the evidence was sufficient to support a finding of liability.

Mrs. Gilmore, admittedly able to do so, supported her indigent mother, Mrs. Kaminski, the two living under one roof. Plaintiff rendered services: to Mrs. Kaminski April 28 to May 1, and May 19 to July 15, 1963. The…