CURTIS v. CHILD

Nos. 10861, 10862.

501 P.2d 1374 (1972)

95 Idaho 63

Bessie CURTIS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Bill CHILD, as Commissioner of the Idaho Department of Public Assistance, Defendant-Appellant. Minnie M. LINTHICUM, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Bill CHILD, as Commissioner of the Idaho Department of Public Assistance, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Anthony Park, Atty. Gen., Richard C. Russell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boise, for appellants.

Michael C. Moore, Lewiston, for respondents.


DONALDSON, Justice.

The two cases involved in this appeal present common issues, and were consolidated for consideration of such issues by this Court. Both of the plaintiffs-respondents are elderly ladies and have been patients in the Lewiston Orchards Nursing Home for a number of years. Both of them are bedridden and unable physically or mentally to care for themselves; neither of them have any relatives upon whom they can call for assistance. The record discloses...

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