Willacy County v. Valley Baptist Hospital

On a Saturday night in July, 1929, Rafael Barbosa, a resident of Willacy county, was struct by an automobile, and seriously injured. He lay wounded by the roadside the remainder of .the night. The next morning his condition was discovered by the sheriff of Willacy county, who in turn called the county judge, who directed that all necessary medical aid be given the injured man, stating that the county would pay “the expenses.” The sheriff thereupon called in Dr. McCann, a local physician, who upon examination of the injured man concluded that an operation was necessary. There was no hospital…