STATE EX REL. GILROY v. SUP. CT.

Nos. 31347, 31351.

37 Wn.2d 926 (1951)

226 P.2d 882

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Bess E. Gilroy, Plaintiff, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR KING COUNTY, Respondent. In the Matter of the Welfare of BABY BOY COLE.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

February 1, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meier & Murray, for relator and appellant.

Charles O. Carroll, K.G. Smiles, and John W. Croome, for respondent.


BEALS, J.

During the year 1948, Bess E. Gilroy, appellant and relator herein, was operating a maternity hospital in Seattle pursuant to a license issued by the state department of health.

July 26, 1948, a young unmarried woman, who was pregnant, was admitted to the hospital, where she remained until after the birth of a male child, October 23, 1948, the delivery having been accomplished under proper medical service.

While at the hospital, the mother...

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