Legal Opinion
Knowlton v. Ripley County Memorial Hospital
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 12, 1988No. 14901PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAUS, Judge.
The appellants in this action are residents and taxpayers of Ripley County. The respondents are the trustees of Ripley County Memorial Hospital (Hospital) and the Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles F. Sparger, a deceased physician. The appellants seek to establish a contract between the Hospital and the physician is invalid and restrain payments by the Hospital to the personal representative in satisfaction of that contract.
The parties have not questioned the jurisdiction of this court. Nonetheless, it is the duty of this court to consider that issue. The Supreme…
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