Giesenschlag v. Valenta

GRAVES, Justice.

This was a suit for damages, brought by appellants, Mrs. Dolores Giesenschlag, and her husband, W. J. Giesenschlag, against appellee, Dr. Ernest L. Valenta, a dentist, growing out of the extraction of an impacted wisdom-tooth of appellant, Mrs. Giesenschlag, and the alleged negligent leaving by the appellee of a broken drill-stem, or burr, in her jawbone at the conclusion of the operation.

This appeal stems from the action of the District Court of Harris County, 129th Judicial District (Judge Dan Jackson, presiding), in instructing a verdict against appellants, upon the…