State ex rel. Herbert v. Vermillion

OPINION

By LEACH, J.

This cause, a jury having been waived, was submitted to the court on an agreed statement of facts.

This is an action brought by the State under the so-called pay-patient law for the recovery of money claimed to be due the State for the support of one Philip L. Vermillion while a patient in the Columbus State Hospital.

The principal question is whether the amount due under §1815-2 GC, should be five dollars and 50 cents ($5.50) per week, stated in said section to be “the maximum rate for the support of inmates of such institutions”, or whether it should be per capita cost,…