Medical College of Georgia v. Rushing
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for' damages, from city court of Bichmond county— Judge Eve. March 10, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
This was an action for damages for the unlawful mutilation of the body of the wife of the plaintiff, without his knowledge or consent, an autopsy having been performed at the “city hospital,” owned and controlled ])y the-defendant, the Medical College of Georgia. The family physician of the plaintiff, who was treating the wife at home, concluded that it was best to remove her to the city hospital, where everything possible could be done for her recovery. She died at the hospital. Plaintiff was absent from home during this whole time, and his children demanded of the authorities of the college…
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