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RITCH v. TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT

No. 17280.

476 S.W.2d 950 (1972)

Mrs. Tom L. RITCH et al., Appellants, v. The TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis, Crowder & Mattox, and A. Don Crowder, Dallas, for appellants.

Frank Coffey, Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, for appellee.

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

The appeal is from a summary judgment rendered in behalf of the defendant, Tarrant County Hospital District, upon an action brought by Mrs. Ritch and her children under the Texas Wrongful Death Act, Vernon's Ann.Tex.Civ.St., Title 77, "Injuries Resulting in Death", Art. 4671 et seq.

Although plaintiffs' decedent was a "paying patient", i.e., one with whom the defendant had contracted, upon compensation, for his hospital...

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