St. Luke's Hospital v. Stevens County

Appellant, as plaintiff, sued to recover upon a claim for hospital services rendered to an itinerant laborer who was taken ill while employed in Stevens county. The case was tried to the court, resulting in a judgment of dismissal. The plaintiff has appealed.

The trial court made findings of fact and conclusions from which we quote:

“That on or about the 15th day of May, 1932, the said Clyde Robinson had been in the city of Spokane, Washington, about one week, and on or about said date was sent to Stevens county, Washington, near the town of Clayton, to take employment as a woodcutter. That on…