Bowles v. Bourdon

This is a suit for damages for malpractice brought by Harry L. Bowles et al, petitioners, against Dr. L. L. Bourdon, respondent. On an instructed verdict, the trial court rendered judgment for respondent, which was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 213 S. W. (2d) 713.

*3On July 16, 1941, Harry L. Bowles, a boy four years old, fell and fractured his left elbow just above the joint. About an hour later respondent made an X-ray plate of the elbow, administered an anaesthetic, set the injured arm, brought the lower arm up against the upper arm and bound them together by wrapping tape and…