Stimpson v. Hunter
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon an account annexed for $78 for professional services as a dentist rendered to the defendant’s minor son, Harold Hunter. Writ in the Central District Court of Worcester dated December 10, 1918. On appeal to the Superior Court, the action was tried before Keating, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. The defendant rested at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence.
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Contract upon an account annexed for $78 for professional services as a dentist rendered to the defendant’s minor son, Harold Hunter. Writ in the Central District Court of Worcester dated December 10, 1918. On appeal to the Superior Court, the action was tried before Keating, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. The defendant rested at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence. The judge submitted to the jury the following special questions: “1. Was the work done by the plaintiff authorized or ratified by the defendant? “2. Was the work done by the plaintiff necessary for the…
1Opinion of the CourtJenney, J.
Harold Hunter, the minor son of the defendant, came to the plaintiff, a dentist, for professional work. There was evidence that he was then between seventeen and eighteen years of age; that “his teeth needed attention very much;” and that while there was not “any immediate suffering on his part,” the condition of his teeth could not have continued long without injury to his health. The plaintiff testified that he “put in . . . eight amalgam fillings, two cement fillings, eleven enamel and three porcelain teeth, and treated the roots of four.” The work commenced on October 27, 1917, and…
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