Sherbourne v. Yuba Cty.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Tenth Judicial District. The complaint avers that on the seventeenth day of April, 1860, plaintiff, while a resident of Yuba County, had his leg broken by an accidental fall, and that being an indigent person he applied as . such for admission to the County Hospital of said county, and was in due form admitted thereto as a patient; that during his stay in the hospital he was not furnished with sufficient food, and such as he did receive was unwholesome; that…
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Appeal from the Tenth Judicial District. The complaint avers that on the seventeenth day of April, 1860, plaintiff, while a resident of Yuba County, had his leg broken by an accidental fall, and that being an indigent person he applied as . such for admission to the County Hospital of said county, and was in due form admitted thereto as a patient; that during his stay in the hospital he was not furnished with sufficient food, and such as he did receive was unwholesome; that the bed furnished him was filthy and unclean; that he did not receive proper care from the attendants; that the…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
Field, C. J. and Cope, J. concurring.
The plaintiff in this action seeks to recover compensation from the county of Yuba for the damage which he sustained by reason . of the unskillful treatment he received from the Resident Physician, and the insufficient and unwholesome food and other necessaries sup- 6 plied him while in the County Hospital as an indigent sick person.
A demurrer to the complaint was sustained by the Court below, and from the judgment the plaintiff has appealed.
The plaintiff insists that the county is required by law to provide for its indigent sick in a suitable manner, and…
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