Executive Committee of Baptist Convention v. Ferguson

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

In paragraph 16 of the petition, six specific grounds of negligence are set out, numbering from “A” through “F” of the alphabet. This paragraph of the petition begins as follows: “In and about the premises, the defendant was negligent in the following particulars.” Then follow the separate specifications, the first of which is ground “A” as follows: “In inducing upon the plaintiff a state of partial anesthesia knowing that the defendant would not attend your petitioner during the night.” The defendant’s demurrer to this ground of negligence was sustained, but of…