Shuffield v. Taylor

MR. Judge RYAN

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

This suit, by Carlton Shuffield, a minor about 19 years of age, his father as next friend, against Dr. G. B. Taylor, for damages resulting from alleged malpractice in connection with the performance of a tonsillectomy and a faulty diagnosis and treatment for adenoids and suppurating ears, resulted in judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $6250.00, which was reversed and the cause remanded by the Court of Civil Appeals. 52 S. W. (2d) 788.

It was alleged by plaintiff that defendant held himself out to the public as a…