Carpenter v. Moore

Quaere: What should be the recovery in an action by a patient against a dentist for the breach of a contract to make upper and lower partial plates to the patient’s complete satisfaction; there being no proof of negligence or of any fault on the part of the dentist, except that he failed to satisfy his patient, and the only damages found by the trial court -being seven hundred and fifty dollars for pain and suffering, and the four hundred dollars paid for the partial plates?

Answer: The amount of the consideration paid by the patient for the work, which the dentist had contracted to do to her…