Hobbs v. Hullman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Israel J. Hullman, from a judgment of the County Court of Broome county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 13th day of March, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 18th day of March, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 5th day of April, 1918, retaxing plaintiff’s costs herein,…
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Appeal by the defendant, Israel J. Hullman, from a judgment of the County Court of Broome county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 13th day of March, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 18th day of March, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 5th day of April, 1918, retaxing plaintiff’s costs herein, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of March, 1918, denying defendant’s application…
1Opinion of the Court
John M. Kellogg, P. J.:
The plaintiff, a physician, has recovered judgment for services rendered to the defendant’s wife. The nurse in attendance was not a registered or professional nurse, and she properly gave testimony of conversations between the doctor, the defendant and herself as to the patient’s condition and its cause. The plaintiff, however, was permitted to go into *744particulars as to the condition of the patient and conversations between him and the husband with reference to the patient’s condition and its cause. This evidence was inadmissible under section 834 of the Code of Civil…
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