Douglas County Memorial Hospital Ass'n v. Newby

This is an action to recover a balance of $592.76 alleged to be due and owing by defendants to Douglas County Memorial Hospital (herein called the hospital) for services rendered to defendant wife.

Simultaneously with the filing of the complaint, the hospital sued out a writ of attachment, pursuant to which the sheriff attached and took possession of one 1950 Ford sedan which was in the defendants’ possession.

Defendants’ answer admitted incurring the original hospital bill, but alleged as an affirmative defense that the parties had entered into a verbal agreement that defendants would pay the…