Avery v. Woodruff
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Livingston; Miner, J. E. L. Avery presented a claim against the estate of Henrietta Carpenter, deceased, for services rendered. The claim was disallowed in the probate court, and claimant appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for claimant. Defendant Russell Woodruff, executor, brings error. Claimant, a duly qualified dentist, practicing his profession in the city of Howell, filed a claim against the estate of Henrietta Carpenter as follows: Bill of Particulars.
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Error to Livingston; Miner, J. E. L. Avery presented a claim against the estate of Henrietta Carpenter, deceased, for services rendered. The claim was disallowed in the probate court, and claimant appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for claimant. Defendant Russell Woodruff, executor, brings error. Claimant, a duly qualified dentist, practicing his profession in the city of Howell, filed a claim against the estate of Henrietta Carpenter as follows: Bill of Particulars. Howell, Mich., Nov. 15, 1915. Mrs. Azel Carpenter to E. L. Avery, Dr., Dentist. To treating and cleansing cancer of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
(after stating the facts). Counsel for defendant’s estate says:
“The only question of importance involved in this case is whether the claimant in doing what he did for the decedent was engaged in the practice of medicine contrary to the provisions of Act No. 237 of the Public Acts of 1899 as amended (2 Comp. Laws 1915, §§ 6724-6734).”
*565The record shows beyond question that the treatments administered by the claimant were so administered from the very first under the direction of a duly qualified physician, first under Dr. Sigler, and later under Dr. Huntington. It further shows that such…
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