Selden v. City of Sterling

One of the rules of the public hospital of the City of Sterling is that no physician or surgeon shall perform a major operation in the hospital unless he is a member of the staff or has in attendance, prepared for assistance in the operation, one or more members of the staff of the hospital in addition to a proper anesthetist.

Appellant is a practicing physician and surgeon residing in the City of Sterling. He is a member of the associate staff of the hospital, but not a member of the staff. He brought a suit in the circuit court of White-side county against the city and the members of the…