Frazor v. Osborne

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THE CASE

SHRIVER, J.

This appeal-in-error involves a malpractice action brought against Dr. J. W. Osborne, a private physician, and the Rnral Education Association, owner of Madison Sanitarium and Hospital, at Madison, Tennessee.

The action was originally brought on behalf of Mrs. Effie Frazor but she died shortly after the action was filed and her surviving heirs were substituted as plaintiffs.

The declaration is in five counts and alleges that Mrs. Frazor iell and broke her hip in December 1951 and was taken to the office of the defendant, Dr. J. W. Osborne, in Hendersonville, Tennessee, where…