Markell v. Benson

Upon the trial of this cause at the Columbia circuit, in October, 1877, a verdict was rendered for thé defendant, which the plaintiff moves to set aside for the alleged error of the judge in the admission of evidence.

The action was brought to recover damages flowing from the death of Robert Markell, which was alleged to have been caused by giving to the deceased an overdose of morphia, by the direction of the defendant. The deceased, on the 29th day of August, 1876, was taken sick with bilious colic, and the defendant, a practicing physician in the city of Hudson, was called to attend him. A…