Packard v. Stephani
New York Supreme Court
Action by Charles W. Packard against Alphonse J. Stephana to recover for services rendered by plaintiff’s assignor as a physician. A verdict was directed for defendant, and plaintiff moved for a new trial on exceptions ordered to be heard at general term in the first instance. Denied.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
This action is brought to recover upon a quantum meruit the reasonable value of the services of John H. Packard, a *1017physician of Philadelphia, for testifying as an expert witness before a commission appointed to examine into the sanity of the defendant, and upon the trial of the defendant for murder. It appears that, in 1885, Dr. Packard had examined the defendant, and subsequent to that period, when passing through New York, had seen him for a moment, and his testimony was required and practically directed to showing the mental and physical condition of the defendant in 1885. Such testimony…
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