THOMAS v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

[No. 17, October Term, 1952.]

200 Md. 554 (1952)

92 A.2d 452

THOMAS ET AL. v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 7, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis B. Arnold, with whom were Julian H. Reis and Robert A. Diemer on the brief, for the appellants.

Vance V. Vaughan and James F. Couch, Jr., with whom were Vaughan, Couch & Blackwell on the brief, for the appellees.

The cause was argued before MARKELL, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.


MARKELL, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a judgment on demurrer to the declaration in an action by husband and wife for injuries sustained by the wife, while a paying patient in the Prince George's General Hospital, through alleged negligence of an anaesthetist employed by the hospital. The demurrer of the county commissioners was sustained on the ground that in operating the hospital the county commissioners were performing a governmental...

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