Butterworth Hospital v. Superintendents of Poor

Plaintiff Butterworth Hospital, located at Grand Rapids, Kent county, Michigan, brought suit against the superintendents of the poor of Kent county, a corporation, defendant herein, to recover for the care of three indigent patients. The trial judge who heard the case without a jury found defendant liable for the care of one of the patients, a resident of Kent county, but not for the other two, John Gargeich and Goerto Satrornino. He held that inasmuch as their indigency and need of immediate assistance had arisen prior to their removal to Kent county, of which they were nonresidents, no…