Bakker v. Welsh
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to superior court of Grand Rapids;. Stuart, J. Case by Jans Bakker, administrator of the estate of Stephen Bakker, deceased, against D. Emmett Welsh and Ralph Apted for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate. There was judgment for defendants on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
Stephen Bakker died upon the operating table at a hospital in Grand Rapids, while defendant Apted was administering to him chloroform preparatory to the removal of a tumor by the defendant Welsh. The plaintiff is the father of the deceased, and, after being appointed administrator of the estate of deceased, brought this suit; his counsel stating upon the trial that his claim was under what is known by the lawyers *633and the courts as the “ Death Act.” The trial judge directéd a verdict in favor of the defendants. The case is brought .here by writ of error.
Stephen Bakker was 17 years old. He…
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