John A. Brown Co. v. Oklahoma City Gen. Hospital

Full title: JOHN A. BROWN CO. et al. v. OKLAHOMA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL

Court: Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Date published: May 7, 1940

102 P.2d 860 (Okla. 1940)

102 P.2d 860

Opinion

No. 29278.

May 7, 1940.

(Syllabus.)

PRINCIPAL AND AGENT — FRAUDS, STATUTE OF — Authority of agent in emergency — Oral promise to pay debt of another.

The syllabus in cause No. 29277, 187 Okla. 255, 102 P.2d 858, is adopted as the syllabus herein.

Appeal from Court of Common Pleas, Oklahoma County; Jim B. Barnett, Judge.

Action by Oklahoma City General Hospital against John A. Brown Company and Standard Accident Insurance Company to recover for services rendered another. Plaintiff had judgment, and defendants appeal. Affirmed in part and reversed in part, with directions.

Jarman, Brown, Looney Watts, of Oklahoma City, for plaintiffs in error.

Lee B. Thompson, of Oklahoma City, for defendant in error.

PER CURIAM.

This is a companion case to cause No. 29277, 187 Okla. 255, 102 P.2d 858, this day decided, and involves the same questions of fact and of law as were presented and discussed therein and what was therein said disposes of the matters here involved. The judgment as to John A. Brown Company is affirmed and as to Standard Accident Insurance Company is reversed and remanded, with directions to enter judgment in favor of said defendant.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part, with directions.

BAYLESS, C. J., WELCH, V. C. J., and RILEY, OSBORN, and HURST, JJ., concur.