Legal Opinion

Phebus v. Mather

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 29, 1913No. Gen. No. 17,462PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely

This is an action to recover damages for alleged malpractice in the treatment of the eye. The case was tried by a jury, which returned a verdict of not guilty. Certain assignments of error are made by the plaintiff in error, and cross-errors are assigned by the defendant in error, which we shall not discuss as we are of the opinion that there was no competent evidence tending to support the declaration, and that the jury should have been instructed to find for the defendant, as was requested by defendant’s counsel.

To support the allegations of her declaration the plaintiff testified that the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Staloch v. HolmSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
  2. Pettigrew v. Lewis & WillardSupreme Court of Kansas · 1891
  3. Wurdemann v. BarnesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Sims v. ParkerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891
  5. Martin v. CourtneySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Hunter v. BurroughsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
  2. Floyd v. MichieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
  3. Olander v. JohnsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1930
  4. Foster v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  5. Vaughan v. Memorial HospitalWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1927

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