Brown v. La Société Française De Bienfaisance Mutuelle

SMITH, C.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $1,550 damages suffered by him while an inmate of defendant’s hospital, from the negligent and unskillful conduct of defendant’s surgeon in setting his fractured leg. No question is made by the appellant as to the sufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict as to amount, or as to the negligence of the surgeon, but the sole question is as to the liability of the defendant therefor.

The plaintiff was admitted to the defendant’s hospital for surgical treatment upon the terms of paying for…