Carrasquillo v. American Missionary Ass'n

The defendant association established several years ago, in the city of Hnmacao, a Hospital known as the “Ryder Memorial Hospital,” in which all kinds of diseases are treated and operations and childbirth cases are handled.

The plaintiff, Conchita L. de Carrasquillo, who was about to give birth, entered the defendant’s hospital on December 1, 1938, after having agreed to pay the sum of $40 as compensation for the services which the defendant agreed to render to her.

In the complaint filed by Mr. and Mrs. Carrasquillo it is alleged that due to the unskillfulness, incompetency, and negligence of…