St. Joseph's Hospital v. Hillman

Appeal from an order of the Madison Special Term. Appellant Welfare Commissioner of Chemung County appeals from the order which denies Ms motion to dismiss the petition of St. Joseph’s Hospital and which directs him to determine whether or not Frank Tongue was a medically indigent person on July 1, 1944, and if so, to provide for the care furnished Tongue by petitioner. On May 29, 1944, Tongue, a resident of the town of Baldwin, Chemung County, New York, suffering from gunshot wounds was admitted as an emergency *973ease to the hospital maintained and operated by petitioner. It was believed by…