Hawley v. Williams

— The appellee’s testatrix sued the appellant *161in the Union Circuit Court to recover damages for his alleged malpractice, as a physician, in treating her during her illness in March, 1879. The venue of the case was changed to the court below, and there tried by a jury in April, 1882, resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff for $1,000. After appeal to this court, the death of Eliza A. Hawley, the plaintiff below, being suggested, the name of her executor, George Williams, was substituted as appellee.

The complaint of the appellee’s testatrix, omitting the title, was in two paragraphs, as…