Executive Committee of the Baptist Convention v. Ferguson

The evidence authorized the verdict. The plaintiff testified that after she had been put to bed in her hospital room, she was given a pill or tablet, that it was not long until she went to sleep, and that the next thing she remembered was that she woke up when she hit the floor.

Mrs. Idele Gurley, the plaintiff’s daughter, testified in part: “Q. Did you have occasion to go to the Georgia Baptist Hospital with your mother when she was going there for some surgery in 1953? A. Well, I entered my mother; I was with her. Q. Did you enter her as a charitable patient or as a paying patient? A. Paying…