Gardner v. Newnan Hospital

The sole question for determination in this case is whether the court erred in sustaining a general demurrer to the *105petition as amended, which substantially alleges that Newnan Hospital, the defendant, injured and damaged Mrs. Ruth M. Gardner in the sum of $50,000; that on July 22, 1935, plaintiff entered said hospital to undergo an operation for “an abscessed fistula in ano;” that said hospital was operated for pecuniary gain, and plaintiff was a pay-patient therein; that the operation “consisted in the making of an incision at the abscess locality, cleaning out the tract, packing same, and…