Hospital says Brooks gift came with no obligation

CLAREMORE, Oklahoma

(AP) The counsel for an

Oklahoma

sanatorium that supposed a half-million-dollar present from Garth Brooks in 2005 says a nation thespian knew when he done a concession that it came with no strings attached.

Brooks is suing to get his income back, claiming a

hospital

in his hometown of Yukon affianced to respect his late mom in some way. In opening statements Wednesday,

hospital

counsel

Terry Thomas

pronounced Brooks usually voiced a "hope" that a

Integris Canadian Valley Hospital

would name something for his late mother.

The singer's lawyer,

Lisa Riggs

, told jurors a sanatorium betrothed Brooks it would light adult

Colleen Brooks

' name "like a Hollywood pointer in Los Angeles." She pronounced Brooks was dumbfounded and believes he was deceived.

The hearing during Claremore, Oklahoma, could take dual weeks.

(news.yahoo.com)