Vicksburg Infirmary v. Hines
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Warren county. Hon. E. L. Brien, Judge. Suit by the Vicksburg Infirmary against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. Verdict and judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. If we sued on an open account and introduced the proof to sustain it, and- the court held that there was no liability, we would not feel called upon to do more than to state the facts.
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Appeal from circuit court of Warren county. Hon. E. L. Brien, Judge. Suit by the Vicksburg Infirmary against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. Verdict and judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. If we sued on an open account and introduced the proof to sustain it, and- the court held that there was no liability, we would not feel called upon to do more than to state the facts. This is all we shall do in this case. Hardy was brought to the Vicksburg Sanitarium with an infected-tooth. Mr. Graves became exasperated at the…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
The appellant, Vicksburg Infirmary, instituted this suit against the director general of railroads for services rendered to one of the employees of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. At the conclusion of the testimony for the plaintiff a peremptory instruction was granted, directing the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, and from the verdict and judgment entered this appeal was prosecuted.
It appears from appellant’s testimony that the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company has hospital arrangements with the Vicksburg Sanitarium for the medical treatment of its sick…
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