Jones v. Stanko, Admx.

Elizabeth Stanko is the widow and the administratrix of the estate of .her deceased husband, Stephen Stanko. This is an action to recover damages resulting from his wrongful death, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the plaintiff in error, Dr. Washington L. Jones. The death of one Alexander Thompson, a neighbor of Stanko, was caused by black smallpox. Dr. Jones was the sole attending physician. He was called on Tuesday and saw the patient, Thompson, every day, and sometimes of tener than once a day, until Saturday of the same week, upon which day the patient died. It is alleged,…