O'BARR v. Feist

296 So.2d 152 (1974)

Billy H. O'BARR

v.

Dr. Fredric W. FEIST.

SC 335.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 6, 1974.

William M. Acker, Jr., and George R. Stuart, III, Birmingham, for appellant.

Ted R. Coggin and Curtis Wright, Gadsden, for appellee.

McCALL, Justice.

Billy H. O'Barr, the appellant, sued the appellee, a physician, for damages arising out of his alleged wrongful commitment to Bryce Hospital at Tuscaloosa, a state mental hospital. At the close of the evidence, the trial judge gave written instructions as to all counts in the complaint, directing the jury to return a verdict for the defendant…