Cerino v. Oregon Physicians' Service

This is an appeal by the defendant, Oregon Physicians’ Service, a corporation (hereinafter referred to as O.P.S.), from a judgment for plaintiff in an action upon an alleged contract of indemnity whereby the defendant agreed, in consideration of “specified monthly dues” to be paid by the plaintiff, to pay the cost of hospital expenses incurred by the plaintiff in connection with any illness of her minor son, Louis L. Cleaver.

The action was commenced in the District Court for Multnomah County where plaintiff recovered a judgment for $656.90, the full amount of the hospital expenses as alleged…