Walls v. Boyett

Minor. W. Millwee, Justice.

Mrs. Dorothy Bell Schultz was critically injured in an automobile accident in or near the City of Blytheville, Arkansas, about 2:00 a. m. January 5, 1946, and died nine days later. The car in which she was riding at the time with some other young people was being driven by her “date,” Raymond Crawford. Mrs. Schultz was taken to Walls Hospital, which is owned and operated by appellant, Dr. J. M. Walls, in the City of Blytheville. She remained at the Walls Hospital until two days before her death, when she was removed to another hospital.

Appellee, Ethel Boyett, mother…