LAUGHLIN v. CHRISTENSEN

No. 6432.

1 F.2d 215 (1924)

LAUGHLIN v. CHRISTENSEN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

July 2, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Rendlen, of Hannibal, Mo. (Rendlen & White, of Hannibal, Mo., and Higbee & Mills, of Lancaster, Mo., on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

Frank E. Sheehan, of Omaha, Neb. (Berryman Henwood, of Hannibal, Mo., Edward P. Smith, Francis S. Howell, and William A. Schall, all of Omaha, Neb., on the brief), for defendant in error.

Before LEWIS, Circuit Judge, and BOOTH and SYMES, District Judges.


BOOTH, District Judge.

This is an action for damages for malpractice. For brevity the parties will be designated as in the court below. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant brings error. There was substantial evidence tending to establish the following facts:

Plaintiff, a woman about 48 years of age, residing in Nebraska, having been ill and under the care of physicians for some time, finally went to Kirksville, Mo., where defendant, in his hospital...

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