HEIGHTS HOSPITAL v. PATTERSON

No. 3184.

269 S.W.2d 810 (1954)

HEIGHTS HOSPITAL, Inc. v. PATTERSON.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. L. Elliott, Houston, for appellant.

Marvin Schulman, Houston, for appellee.


HALE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment. It involves a construction of Art. 5506a of Vernon's Tex.Civ.Stats. as originally enacted in 1933, relating to a hospital's lien for services on the cause of action of an injured person, and the amendment thereof as enacted in 1953. The controlling question presented for our decision is whether the amendment, which became effective on May 14, 1953, is applicable to appellant's lien for services which it had...

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