Borosich v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Under the ruling made in the case of Maine v. Maryland C. Co. 172 Wis. 350, 178 N. W. 749, to the effect that the statute, sec. 4075," gives a privilege to the *242patient alone, which upon his death cannot be waived by his executor or by a beneficiary in an insurance policy, the court erred in receiving the evidence of physicians who treated him during his last illness. The same ruling was made in the case of Will of Hunt, 122 Wis. 460, 100 N. W. 874, and since that case was decided the legislature amended the section by substituting for the words “shall not be compelled” the words “shall not be…