Massachusetts General Hospital v. City of Quincy

Order dismissing report affirmed. In this action of contract the plaintiff seeks from the city of Quincy reimbursement of $461.85 for hospitalization furnished from May 31 to June 15, 1960, to Helen L. Bonnage (patient), a married resident of the city. Finding that, despite his weekly income of $137, the patient’s husband was in no position to pay the hospital bills, and that the patient was “in need of immediate relief and hospitalization,” the judge found for the plaintiff in the sum of $461.85. See Massachusetts Gen. Hosp. v. Revere, 346 Mass. 217. A report to the Appellate Division was…