Ass'n of Franciscan Sisters of Sacred Heart v. County of Vermilion

Mr. Presiding Justice Riess

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs appellees, consisting of two nonprofit sharing hospital corporations and six practicing physicians of the city of Danville, Illinois, joined in a suit in the circuit court of Vermilion county against the town of Danville and the county of Vermilion seeking recovery of various amounts alleged to be due and payable to the respective plaintiffs under the provisions of par. 15.1, sec. 15, par. 25, sec. 24, ch. 107, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1939 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 98.15, 98.27], for the reasonable expense of hoard, nursing…