Moses v. Cromwell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of Norfolk city, rendered October 13th, 1881, in action of trespass on the case wherein E. F. Cromwell was plaintiff and N. A. Moses was defendant. ' The object of the action was to recover damages for malpractice as a surgeon or physician by the -defendant on the plaintiff.
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Error to judgment of corporation court of Norfolk city, rendered October 13th, 1881, in action of trespass on the case wherein E. F. Cromwell was plaintiff and N. A. Moses was defendant. ' The object of the action was to recover damages for malpractice as a surgeon or physician by the -defendant on the plaintiff. The jury found for the plaintiff and assesséd his damages at $6,714.16. Whereupon the defendant moved the court to set aside the verdict and .grant him a new trial on the following grounds-wit: 1. That the verdict was contrary to the law and evidence. 2. That the damages were…
1Opinion of the CourtHixtox, J.
This was an action at law, brought by the defendant in error, to recover damages of the plaintiff in error, who is a physician, for negligence and unskilfulness in the treatment of a sore on the inside of one of the cavities of the plaintiff’s nose, whereby the septum of his nose was destroyed.
Upon the trial the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $6,714.16, but the court being of opinion that the damages were excessive, required the plaintiff to release the sum of $3,714.16, and entered judgment for the sum of $3,000.
From this judgment the plaintiff in error applied for and…
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