Ball Memorial Hospital v. Freeman

— This was an action against appellant-hospital, a charitable corporation, for personal injuries received by appellee while a patient at such hospital. Appellee recovered a judgment upon a jury’s verdict in the amount of $7,500.00.

Appellant’s first contention on this appeal is that *72appellant-hospital being a charitable corporation, could not be liable for the negligence alleged in this case.

Appellee’s complaint alleged in substance that appellee as a paying out-patient was operated upon in appellant-hospital to have a loose cartilege removed from a joint of his left thumb. That in the course…