Indiana Court of Appeals, 1985

HEALTH & HOSP. CORP. ETC. v. Marion County

Indiana Court of Appeals · Decided April 16, 1985 · No. 2-882A264 · Buchanan, Sullivan, Shields

476 N.E.2d 887; 1985 Ind. App. LEXIS 2328 (North Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

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Opinion

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

BUCHANAN, Chief Judge.

The Appellees’ Petition for Rehearing of our decision in Health and Hosp. Corp. v. Marion County (1984), Ind.App., 470 N.E.2d 1348, charges us with having erroneously applied the doctrine of implied contract against a county. While our supreme court has held that the doctrine of implied contract cannot be invoked against a county, it has approved and utilized the doctrine of quasi-contract, or contract implied in law, against such an entity. Thus, we properly applied the doctrine of quasi-contract in our opinion. See Board of Comm’rs v. Greensburg Times (1939), 215 Ind. 471, 19 N.E.2d 459.

The petition for rehearing is denied.

SULLIVAN and SHIELDS, JJ., concur.

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