Nixon v. Ludlam
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action to recover damages for the death of a wife resulting from a surgical operation. In the Circuit Court of Coolr County; the Hon. Richard S. Tüthill, Judge, presiding. Judgment for defendant on demurrer to the declaration; plaintiff brings the record here upon a writ of error. Heard in this court at the March term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court,
Shepard, J.
This was an action in case to recover damages suffered by the plaintiff for the loss of the services, solace and society of his wife, in consequence of the alleged unskillful performance by the defendant, who was a surgeon, of a surgical operation upon her, whereby her death ensued within two days after the operation was performed, and for the expense the plaintiff was put to “ in and about the treatment of his said wife and her burial,” and for injury to “ his feelings and health.”
To the declaration, a general demurrer was interposed andjsustained, on the…
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