Perkins v. Trueblood

This is an action for damages wherein the plaintiff recovered judgment against the defendant, a physician and surgeon, for alleged negligence in the performance of a surgical operation upon the plaintiff in setting a broken leg. The negligence relied upon for a cause of action is charged in those allegations of the complaint which aver: “That the plaintiff herein by an accident broke his leg during the month of April, 1912. That thereafter the plaintiff employed the defendant who is a surgeon, as such surgeon, for a reasonable reward to be paid therefor, to set and heal the same. That the…