Heights Hospital, Inc. v. Patterson

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originally enacted in 1933, relating to a hospital’s lien for services on the cause of action of an injured person, and the amendment thereof as enacted in 1953.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 thq amendment, which became effective on May 14, 1953, is applicable to appellant’s lien for services which it had rendered for appellee prior to the effective date of the amendment. If so, the judgment appealed from should be reversed and…