ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CTR. v. ROSENGARTNER

No. 2-56484.

231 N.W.2d 601 (1975)

ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER, Appellant, v. Maurice ROSENGARTNER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 31, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick C. McCormick, Sioux City, for appellant.

Leamer & Galvin, South Sioux City, Neb., for appellee.

Heard before MOORE, C.J., and REES, UHLENHOPP, REYNOLDSON, and HARRIS, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The question in this appeal is whether a husband is liable to a hospital for his wife's hospital expense incurred while the husband and wife were living apart by agreement.

Maurice and Theresa Rosengartner married in 1939, had four children, and lived together until 1964 when they separated by agreement. Theresa kept the children. Maurice lived in various places outside Iowa until 1967 when he became a resident of Sioux City. From 1964...

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