Covington v. . James

This was a civil action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for an alleged injury caused by the negligence of the defendants in not using due skill and care in his treatment while a patient in the Hamlet Hospital.

In his complaint plaintiff alleged, in substance, that he had a small bone in his left leg broken between the knee and ankle, and entered the hospital and was accepted for treatment; that he employed the defendant Dr. W. D. James "as surgeon and physician, to dress, heal, and cure said injured leg," and that Dr. James undertook the treatment; that his leg was placed in a cast…