Comeaux v. Miles

This is a suit against a dentist for damages, alleged to have been sustained, owing to the unskillful and negligent extraction of a tooth. Plaintiff sued for $25,341.15 and was awarded judgment in the sum of $3841.45. Defendant appeals.

The petition charges the defendant, personally, with negligence, but on the trial evidehce was introduced over the objection of defendant’s counsel to show that an employee of defendant extracted the tooth and caused all the trouble, and plaintiff now seeks to hold defendant responsible under the law applicable to master and servant.

It is contended in this…