Martin v. Hardesty, Admr.

Action by appellee, Roy E. Hardesty, as administrator of the estate of Aretta Hardesty, against appellant for damages. Complaint in two paragraphs. First paragraph charges, among other things, that appellant, a practicing physician and surgeon, in consideration of $10 paid by Aretta Hardesty, then the wife of Roy E. Hardesty, performed an operation upon Aretta Hardesty for the purpose of procuring an abortion; that, within 48 hours, and as a result of the operation, Aretta Hardesty died; that surviving her are Roy E. Hardesty, her widower, aged 36, and three children aged, respectively, five,…