BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY OF ALA. v. HARRELL

6 Div. 39.

188 So.2d 555 (1965)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, d/b/a University Hospital v. Rena Bell HARRELL, Admx.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. R. Nachman, Jr., Steiner, Crum & Baker, Montgomery, Manly & Manly, Birmingham, for appellant.

Bryan Chancey, Birmingham, for appellee.


PRICE, Presiding Judge.

The question to be decided is whether the statutory hospital lien, Title 33, Section 83 et seq., 1940 Code, attaches to a judgment for damages recovered under the Homicide Act, Title 7, Section 123, Code. We hold that it does not.

The pertinent facts which are reflected by the meager record before us are as follows: Rena Bell Harrell, administratrix of George Mason Harrell, deceased, brought a wrongful death action against Southern...

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