Citizens' Railway Co. v. Robertson

KEY, Associate Justice.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries, resulting upon trial in the court below in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed.

One of the defenses' interposed was contributory negligence. At the time of the accident the plaintiff was about ten years of age, and the trial court, over the defendant’s objection, permitted Dr. Shelton, the family physician, who had known the plaintiff for several years, treated her for the injuries complained of, and described the same to the jury, and Dr. Hale, who also treated plaintiff for the…