In Re Crisan Estate

This appeal presents a situation contemplated by our appellate rules but too rarely achieved — a statement of facts and a legal question agreed on by the opposing parties. It should be added that opposing counsel have added to this triumph by briefs which are brief and which cogently argue the interesting legal problem involved.

The question is:

“Will the law imply a promise to pay for emergency services rendered to an unconscious patient by a publie hospital1?”

The facts are:

Sosa Crisan, hereinafter referred to as the “patient,” was an 87-year-old widow of Roumanian origin without any relatives.