City of Central Point v. Smith

Defendants Jackson County and its sheriff, Smith, appeal from summary judgments for plaintiff city and intervenor hospital in this action to recover the cost of an arrested person’s medical care and the city’s expense in guarding him while he was hospitalized. We affirm.

In the course of arresting Brewer for state criminal offenses, city police officers shot and wounded him. He was taken to the hospital, where he received medical treatment and was hospitalized for a few weeks. The city police notified Smith of the situation and asked him to take custody of Brewer and to take responsibility for…