Tanner v. Sanders

Opinion on the Court by

Stanley, Commissionee

Affirming.

The appellant, L. R. Tanner, asked a large sum in damages of the appellee, Dr. H. E. Sanders, for alleged malpractice. The verdict was for the defendant.

The appellee is a dentist in Louisville, specializing and engaging principally in the extraction of teeth, and is known as an exodontist. The evidence is, in short, that the plaintiff developed pyorrhea and it became necessary to remove a tooth. He was sent or taken to Dr. Sanders by his regular dentist, Dr. Pfingst, and Dr. Sanders extracted the tooth. The plaintiff’s claim is that he was…