Cannon v. Pearson

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

We granted writ of error in this case because from study of the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals and the briefs of the parties we understood that the question for review was this: Under what circumstances, if any, may an injured person maintain a suit for damages against a doctor for malpractice after having released from liability the tort-feasor whose conduct made services of the doctor necessary? Our study of the record in the trial court now discloses that the question thus stated is not in the case.

Suit is by Rupert L. Cannon and wife, Pauline Cannon,…