DUNBAR v. GREENLAW


128 A.2d 218 (1956)

Cecil DUNBAR v. Dr. William GREENLAW.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 17, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome G. Daviau, Waterville, for plaintiff.

Locke, Campbell, Reid, & Hebert, Augusta, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, BELIVEAU, TAPLEY, SULLIVAN and DUBARD, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Justice.

The defendant excepts to the overruling of his demurrer to the plaintiff's declaration in tort.

Defendant is a physician. The plaintiff accuses him of having erroneously certified in ancillary, emergency, insanity, detention proceedings, R.S. Chap. 27, Sec. 105, without sufficient inquiry or examination, that the plaintiff was insane. Plaintiff was detained in a state hospital and claims resultant damage.

The amended declaration...

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