§44-51. Disputed claims to be settled before payments


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  • Whenever the sum or amount or amounts demanded for medical  services or hospital fees shall be in dispute, nothing in this Article shall have any effect of compelling payment thereof until the claim is fully established and determined, in the manner provided by law: Provided, however, that when any such sums are in dispute the amount of the lien shall in no case exceed the amount of the bills in dispute.

(1935, c. 121, s. 3; 1943, c. 543.)