Green v. State

WALKER, Justice.

This suit was brought under Article 3196a, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.St, to recover the cost of the support, maintenance and treatment furnished an insane patient in the Rusk State Hospital. The defendant is the guardian of the patient’s estate and the plaintiff is the State of Texas. Both parties filed motions for summary judgment. The guardian’s was denied but the State’s was granted, and the trial court rendered a judgment in the State’s behalf. From this judgment the guardian has appealed.(1) It is provided in Sec. S of Article 3196a that “a verified account, sworn to by the…