NEWPORT v. HYDE

No. 42469.

244 Miss. 870 (1962)

147 So.2d 113

NEWPORT v. HYDE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 3, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd & Holleman, Clyde O. Hurlbert, Gulfport, for appellant.

Kelly McKoin, Biloxi, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

This is a dental malpractice suit, from the Circuit Court of Jackson County, brought by Mrs. Wilma Newport against Dr. A. Lowell Hyde. The jury returned a verdict for defendant, but, because of material errors in an instruction, we reverse the judgment of the trial court based on that verdict.

Dr. Hyde, a registered dentist, had been treating Mrs. Newport's teeth at regular intervals for several weeks and had made an upper plate for her. On March...

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