Weber County v. Davis County

ELLETT, Justice:

Weber County appeals from an adverse judgment rendered by the court sitting without a jury. The action was brought by Weber County against its neighbor, Da*423vis County, to recover the unpaid cost of services it had rendered through its county hospital to eleven indigent residents of Davis County.

Four of the patients were admitted to the Weber County Hospital during the year 1966, three during 1967, and two during each of the years 1968 and 1969. Eight of the patients were sent to the Weber County Hospital from private hospitals in Weber County, one from a private hospital in…