Massachusetts General Hospital v. City of Chelsea

This is an action of contract under G. L. c. 117, §§24 and 24A for hospitalization furnished one Christina Doucette.

At the trial there was evidence tending to show the following: The plaintiff furnished hospitalization from July 29, 1960 to August 13, 1960 to one Christina Doucette, a resident of the city of Chelsea; that Christina Doucette at the time of her admission to the hospital was in need of immediate hospitalization; that when she was admitted to the plaintiff hospital inquiry was made as to her *60financial circumstances, and the hospital was advised that she had no property of any…