May v. Broun

*30HOLMAN, J.

This is an action for damages arising out of alleged negligent acts by defendant doctors while they were performing a hemorrhoidectomy. Prom a judgment of involuntary nonsuit, plaintiff appealed.

One of the defendants was a general practitioner and plaintiff’s regular physician. He associated the other defendant, a surgeon, for the purpose of performing the operation while he assisted.

As part of the operative procedure, an electrical instrument was used to cauterize blood vessels. This machine, which sat about six feet from the operating table, was connected by a cord to a small…