McGillicuddy v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.

The plaintiff, a physician, sues the defendant to recover for professional services rendered to the decedent, Jane A. Dwyer, otherwise known as the Duchess de Castelluccia, and to her husband, at her request, from October, 1893, to March, 1895. The bill aggregates $24,700 and contains a credit for $815. The lips of the patient being now sealed in death, the plaintiff did not offer himself as a witness (Code, §, 829),, but attempted to establish his claim by Dr. Cerio, who at the times referred to in the questions to which objections were sustained, attended the patient daily as her medical…