County of Lander v. BOARD OF TR. OF ELKO GEN. HOSP.

OPINION

By the Court,

Badt, J.:

This appeal from a judgment in favor of respondent and against the appellant county in the sum of $5,416.64 for the balance due for hospital services rendered to a resident of Lander County, who was without means to pay the same, presents the following issues! These issues, although not so stated in appellant’s opening brief, appear to us to be (1) whether the Elko General Hospital had the right in the first instance to make the determination that the patient, one Frank P. Grunstad, was an indigent or poor person; (2) whether, assuming the hospital had this right,…