Demers v. Gerety

595 P.2d 387 (1978)

92 N.M. 749

Henry G. DEMERS, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

Edward J. GERETY, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

No. 2724.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

February 7, 1978.

Charles G. Berry, Marchiondo & Berry, P.A., Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bruce D. Hall, Wm. Robert Lasater, Jr., Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Albuquerque, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

"Ancaeus ... was told by a hardpressed slave that he would never live to taste the wine of his vineyards, and when such wine was set before him he sent for the slave to laugh at the latter's prognostications;…