City of Boston v. Nielsen

This is a bill filed July 29, 1938, to establish an indebtedness of one Nielsen, hereinafter called the de*430fendant, in the amount of $1,857 for board, lodging and medical services furnished to her at the Boston City Hospital, a municipal department of the plaintiff, from June 1, 1923, to January 31, 1938, and to have that indebtedness set off against a judgment for $2,876.36 recovered on July 25, 1938, by the defendant against the plaintiff for personal injuries sustained on account of a defect in a public highway.

The judge found that the plaintiff in truth extended credit to the defendant,…