Board of County Commissioners v. Denebrink
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Sheridan County, Hon. Carroll H. Parmelee, Judge. , E. Denebrink, a physician, sued the County of Sheridan for medical and surgical services performed for a nonresident person without means, who had been seriously injured in the county and required immediate attention at the hands of a physician to save his life. A demurrer to the petition was overruled, whereupon the defendant refused to further plead and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff.
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Error to the District Court, Sheridan County, Hon. Carroll H. Parmelee, Judge. , E. Denebrink, a physician, sued the County of Sheridan for medical and surgical services performed for a nonresident person without means, who had been seriously injured in the county and required immediate attention at the hands of a physician to save his life. A demurrer to the petition was overruled, whereupon the defendant refused to further plead and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff. The defendant prosecuted .error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The county’s liability for medical services to a…
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, Justice.
This action was originally brought in the District Court of Sheridan County by the defendant in error, plaintiff below, against the plaintiff in error, defendant below, to recover the sum of seventy-five dollars for medical and surgical services rendered to a non-resident person who had fallen sick in that county from an accident and was without any money or means to pay therefor. A demurrer was interposed to the petition and upon hearing was overruled, to which an exception was duly taken and the defendant electing to stand upon the ruling, judgment was rendered *345in favor of…
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