Davison v. Long Island Home, Ltd.

Judgment dismissing the complaint in an action for assault on the plaintiff wife and for expenses caused thereby to the plaintiff husband reversed on the law and a new trial granted, costs to abide the event. The alleged admissions made by Dr. Price were admissible and prima facie established that the defendant’s nurse had broken the jaw of the plaintiff wife. The weight that should be given to that testimony is for the jury and its frailty does not affect its admissibility. It affirmatively appears that Dr. Price made an investigation into the incident and that he was the superintendent and…