Sheppard v. Firth

This is an action for damages brought by the plaintiff against the defendant P. B. Firth, a chiropractic physician.

The cause was submitted to the jury, not as to error of diagnosis, but solely on the issue of whether or not the defendant had been negligent in treating the back ailment of plaintiff.

Plaintiff prevailed and the defendant appeals.

The plaintiff testified that she had had some pain in the lower part of her back for a period of ten years; that she had gone to chiropractors at various times and obtained relief; that she went to the defendant, who was a chiropractor, relieving human…