Federal Asphalt Co. v. Chamberlain-Rice Hospital

The appellee, Chamberlain-Rice Hospital, a corporation, instituted this suit by an attachment in chancery against the Federal Asphalt Paving Company, a. nonresident corporation, and the city of Natchez, which was alleged to be indebted to the nonresident defendant, for hospital, medical, and surgical services rendered to one J. W. Scott, who was alleged to have been injured by reason of the negligence of the employees of the appellant paving company; the suit being based on an open account for seven hundred fifty-five dollars for “services rendered on request of Foreman Rainey.” The averments…