County of Hennepin v. County of Houston

Matson, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment for defendant in an action by Henne-pin county to recover $3,205.69 for the care and treatment in the Glen Lake Sanatorium of Myrtle Collins, a resident of Houston county.

Myrtle Collins, who had come to Minneapolis for prenatal and maternity care, gave birth to an illegitimate child on March 9, 1945. While in the Minneapolis General Hospital, it was discovered that she had tuberculosis. On April 13, 1945, she was admitted to the county sanatorium at Glen Lake. On April 30, 1945, upon report by the city commissioner of health of Minneapolis to the…