("A trust to prevent or alleviate the suffering of animals is charitable. Thus, a trust for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or a trust to establish a home for animals, or a trust for the prevention or cure or treatment of diseases or of injuries to animals, is charitable."); Dean v. Bennett (In re Swayze's Estate), 120 Mont. 546, 191 P.2d 322, 329 (1948) ("The intention ... to afford care and protection to and alleviate the sufferings of that class of animals which by domestication contribute to comfort, pleasure and well-being of man; and it is not questioned that such a gift is a proper charitable use.”); Pitney v. Bugbee, 98 N.J.L. 116, 118 A. 780, 781 (1922) ("Man is benefited by benefiting animals.”); In re Hamilton’s Will, 270 A.D. 634, 63 N.Y.S.2d 265, 267 (N.Y.App.1946) (<HOLDING>); Gangi v. Board of Appeal of Salem, 334 Mass.
holding that care of the grounds was part of the business of the hospital holding the establishment of an animal home or hospital for the care comfort and benefit of dumb animals is a charitable use holding that because the contract between the hospital and the health insurance company had a hold harmless provision which stated the hospital would not bill or hold insurance subscribers liable for any hospital expenses covered by the subscribers insurance contract and all expenses from the patients treatment for the automobile accident were covered in such contract there was no debt upon which the hospital could assert a lien pursuant to the states hospital lien statute holding in a medical malpractice action without significant discussion that charitable immunity as applied to a hospital is constitutional under due process and equal protection analysis holding that a general acute care hospital may not delegate its duty to provide physicians for emergency room care because the law imposes a duty on hospital to provide that health care