Burnham v. Lincoln County

These two causes were consolidated and tried together in the district court. In the first Frank A. Burnham sued for $75 and was given a judgment for $60, and in the second Frank A. Burnham, doing business as Arnold Hospital, sued for $95 and was given a judgment for that amount.

The basis of the first cause is an operation on Bennie Hopkins and that of the second his hospitalization. Both services were rendered at Arnold, in the northwest corner of Custer county. The patient resided in the northeastern part of Lincoln county.

The patient was 16 years old. He lived with his father and other…