Gates v. Dr. Nichols' Sanatorium, Corp.

WESTHUES, C.

This action was commenced, by plaintiff, in the Circuit Court of Andrew County to recover damages for injuries sustained as a result of alleged malpractice, while plaintiff was a patient in defendant’s sanatorium in Savannah, Missouri. A change of venue was taken and the cause was tried in the Circuit Court of Holt County, resulting in a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of three thousand dollars ($3000). Defendant filed a motion for a new trial, which the court sustained, and plaintiff appealed.

The Kansas City Court of Appeals, to which court the appeal was properly taken, in…