Court Opinion

ID: 9825993
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 15:09:41.555769+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:41:45.674351
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Frasier:
I dissent. There are private hospitals and public hospitals. It seems to me that the act under which these bonds are to issue should contain some provision that will insure a public use, and this act has no such provision. It is true the hospital may be under the *509management of public officers, but this act does not give to the public any rights in the hospital. A man who can afford to pay the price may find it very convenient to have a hospital near him, but if the hospital will take only pay patients the hospital will be of no service to those who cannot afford to pay even a reasonable price for the services desired. It may be that the management will make some provision for the treatment of those who cannot pay. A public institution should give the public a right to its use, and not a mere privilege given by its kind-hearted officials. The third section provides:
“Said commissioners may by contract or lease transfer the said hospital to other parties on such terms and for such number of years as to them may be for the best interest of the community and said hospital.”
It is thus seen that the hospital may at once be converted into a private hospital, and be entirely free from the management of the public officials.
For these reasons 1 dissent.