MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL v. CHELSEA


344 Mass. 449 (1962)

183 N.E.2d 100

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL vs. CITY OF CHELSEA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 1, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert G. Tierney, Jr. for the plaintiff.

No argument nor brief for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


WHITTEMORE, J.

This action was brought under G.L.c. 117, § 24A, inserted by St. 1959, c. 584: "If hospital care is furnished to a person in need of public assistance by any person not liable by law for his support, the town wherein he resides at the time his hospitalization begins ... shall be liable for the expense of such care necessarily incurred under this chapter after notice and request...."

The report shows that the plaintiff furnished hospitalization...

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