Saint Patrick Hospital v. Powell County

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of the third judicial district, county of Powell entered following a trial before the court, sitting without a jury, which denied plaintiffs medical assistance under the Public Welfare Act of the state of Montana.

From the record it appears that on October 3, 1967, Michael Reighard, son of Dennis A. and Margaret Reighard, was severely injured by an accidental gunshot wound. The bullet entered his head above his nose and lodged in his head. He was given emergency…