Hale v. Atkins

Plaintiff recovered a judgment in the trial court. The defendant appeals and assigns as error, first, that the demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained; second, error in instructions, and third, excessive amount awarded by the jury in the verdict.

The defendant is a physician residing in Rogersville, Mo. In connection with his practice he runs a private hospital, consisting of rooms fitted up with beds and equipment for his sick patients. His wife and an assistant attend to the hospital. They are not nurses, and the defendant does not employ graduate or regular nurses, and does not…