HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC. v. BRACKEY

Civ. No. 9565.

283 N.W.2d 174 (1979)

HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Loren E. BRACKEY, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

August 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pearson & Christensen, Grand Forks, for plaintiff and appellant; argued by Douglas A. Christensen, Grand Forks.

Bjella, Neff, Rathert & Wahl, Williston, for defendant and appellee; argued by James F. Twomey, Senior Law Student.


SAND, Justice.

This case concerns the procedure involved under Chapter 25-09, NDCC, in the collection of accounts for the care and treatment of state hospital patients. The question presented for our review is whether or not an application for relief on grounds of inability to pay, filed by a patient after litigation is started for collection on his state hospital account, serves as a bar to the continuance of the litigation.

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