Legal Opinion
Bradfield v. Hospital Authority
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 9, 1970No. 25921PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Felton, Justice.
1. The thrust of appellant’s contention with regard to enumerated error 1 is that there is no guaranty that the hospital, after its lease and ultimate sale to the private hospital corporation, will continue to be operated with the public purpose of promoting the public health of the community as its overriding and paramount purpose and no guaranty that the benefit to the private lessee would not be more than an incidental benefit.
“. . . [H]ospitals, whether owned directly by a county or city, or by an authority, are designed and intended to serve identical purposes of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stegall v. Southwest Ga. Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Morton v. Savannah HospitalSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Stegall v. Southwest Georgia Regional Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Beazley v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
- Sigman v. Brunswick Port AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Richmond County Hospital Authority v. Richmond CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Thomas v. Hospital AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- National Labor Relations Board v. Highview, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Smith v. Northside Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2017
- Cobb County-Kennestone Hospital Authority v. PrinceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
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