ALABAMA HOSPITAL ASS'N v. Dillard

When is a public hospital corporation tantamount to a private hospital so that the public hospital's operations are not subject to the strictures of Sections 68 and 94 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901? May a county hospital, with hospital funds, purchase liquor, give discounts to its board members, make gifts to persons indirectly associated with the hospital, or pay the private club dues for its employees, as was done in this case by Cullman County Hospital? These are the questions which are presented by this appeal. I cannot agree with the majority of this Court that the single issue…