Adams v. Heffington

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

Heffiugton sued Dr. Adams, alleging that dental work negligently done caused an illness, and unnecessary pain and suffering. From a judgment for $250 the defendant has appealed.

Appellant’s excellent brief correctly states the law respecting surgeons, men of medicine, and dentists when charged with professional negligence and where the only evidence is that the patient did not recover, or the malady was not halted, or a secondary and seemingly related infirmity occurred, etc. We have said that the practice .of medicine, surgery, and the use of an X-ray…