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CRAVEN COUNTY HOSP. CORP. v. LENOIR COUNTY

No. 843SC854.

331 S.E.2d 690 (1985)

CRAVEN COUNTY HOSPITAL CORPORATION v. LENOIR COUNTY, the City of Kinston, and Leo Harper, Sheriff of Lenoir County.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sumrell, Sugg and Carmichael by Fred M. Carmichael and Rudolph A. Ashton, III, New Bern, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas B. Griffin, Lenoir County Atty., Kinston, and Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge and Rice by Allan R. Gitter, Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellees.

MARTIN, Judge.

In this appeal we are called upon to determine whether, under the factual circumstances which follow, any of the defendants are obligated to pay the cost of hospital care rendered to an indigent who was injured while in police custody. Finding no express or implied contractual obligation to pay for such expenses, nor any constitutional or statutory provision imposing such a duty, we affirm the decision of...

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