Skike v. Potter
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Seward county. Tried below before Wheeler, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. Defendants did not plead that they were discharged. Evidence that the physicians were discharged is not admissible under a general denial. (1 Ency.
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Error from the district court of Seward county. Tried below before Wheeler, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. Defendants did not plead that they were discharged. Evidence that the physicians were discharged is not admissible under a general denial. (1 Ency. PI. & Pr. 849, 850; Burlington & M. B. B. Go. v. Kearney County, 17 Neb. 511; Peek v. O’Brien, 5 Neb: 362; Haggard v. Hay, 13 B. Mon. [Ky.] 175; Clark v. Finnell, 16 B. Mon. [Ky.] 329; Francis v. Francis, 18 B. Mon. [Ky.] 57; Curtis v. Biehards, 9 Cal. 33; Schenk v. Hvoy, 24 Cal. 104; Lewis v. Coulter, 10 O. St. 451;…
1Opinion of the Court
Ragan, C.
On July 4, 1890, Ernest Yan SMke, while playing baseball, fractured his kneecap. For negligently treating this wound he sued Drs. Potter & Reynolds in the district court of Seward county for damages. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the doctors, to reverse which the plaintiff below has filed here a petition in error.
1. The first assignment of error is that th.e verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence. The undisputed facts in the case are that plaintiff’s kneecap was fractured at Cordova, Nebraska. One Dr. Doty was immediately called, dressed the wound,…
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