Pfeiffer v. Dyer

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

This suit was brought by plaintiff, a physician and surgeon of standing in his profession, to recover the amount claimed to be due him for professional services and skill in performing a major operation upon the wife of defendant; included therein are his diagnostic services prior to the operation and his attendance upon her thereafter until she had recovered. The amount claimed to be due was $3,000, and the jury rendered a verdict for the full amount sought, with interest. Judgment followed the verdict and from it defendant appeals.

For some months prior to the…