YEATES v. HARMS

No. 43,232

193 Kan. 320 (1964)

393 P.2d 982

TOM MILLER YEATES, Appellant, v. EDWIN M. HARMS and ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL & SCHOOL OF NURSING, INC., a Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 14, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Michaud, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Russell Cranmer, Thomas A. Wood, and M. William Syrios, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellant.

Donald R. Newkirk, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Wayne Coulson, Paul R. Kitch, Dale M. Stucky, Robert J. Hill, Gerrit H. Wormhoudt, Philip Kassebaum, John E. Rees, Robert T. Cornwell, Willard B. Thompson, and David W. Buxton, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellee, Edwin M. Harms. Hugo T. Wedell, of counsel.

J. Francis Hesse, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Emmet A. Blaes, Roetzel Jochems, Robert G. Braden, James W. Sargent, Stanley E. Wisdom, Cecil E. Merkel, Harry L. Hobson, Bruce W. Zuercher, L.D. Klenda, Charles M. Cline, and Richard A. Loyd, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellee, St. Francis Hospital & School of Nursing, Inc.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ROBB, J.:

This is an appeal from the trial court's order of May 24, 1962, sustaining the defendant hospital's demurrer to plaintiff's evidence, and orders of June 11, 1962, (1) overruling plaintiff's motion to set aside its ruling on the above demurrer (2) granting judgment to defendants, and (3) overruling plaintiff's motion for new trial.

Prior to June 13, 1959, plaintiff, then fifty-one years of age, was...

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