Strauss v. Marlboro County General Hospital

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Bonham.

Funds were solicited from the people at large to establish and maintain a hospital at Bennettsville. The campaign for funds was successful; the subscribers met, elected trustees, who procured a charter which, on its face, is that of a private corporation. The trustees adopted rules for the regulation and control of the hospital.

The appellant brings his action alleging that the trustees have adopted certain rules which deprive him, as a duly licensed physician, of the privilege and opportunity of practicing surgery in this hospital;…