Parrish v. Clark

This is a writ of error taken to a judgment at law awarding plaintiff below damages for injuries alleged to have been negligently inflicted upon her in defendant's hospital.

The declaration sounded both in tort and contract, but the nature of the action is largely immaterial on the question of whether or not the judgment should be reversed on the sole ground that liability is not shown by the evidence.

The gist of the cause of action was the asserted right to recover damages for personal injuries from the operator and proprietor of the Victoria Hospital at Miami, the allegations of the…