Perry v. Hodgson

William Joseph Perry, a minor eighteen years of age, by his father and next friend, James A. Perry, brought an action for damages against Dr. F. G. Hodgson. The jury rendered a verdict for the defendant, -and the plaintiff excepted to the judgment of the court overruling his motion for a new trial. The Court of Appeals summarized the pleadings in the case as follows: “When plaintiff was a small boy he suffered from a bone infection of the spine, for which he received surgical treatment that arrested the disease and left him with some lameness in his left leg, but with the ability to ride a…