Hohenstein v. Dodds

Loring, Justice.

This is an action against a licensed veterinarian to recover damages for his alleged negligence in the diagnosis and treatment of plaintiff’s pigs. Defendant had a verdict, and plaintiff appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

Plaintiff is a farmer who was engaged in raising a herd of purebred. Spotted Poland China hogs. May 29, 1940, he noticed that one pig had died and some of the rest of the herd were ill. He called defendant to examine them. Defendant came to the farm and, after an examination, the extent of which is in dispute, vaccinated the pigs for…