Pendergraft v. . Royster

This was a civil action for actionable negligence, instituted by plaintiff against defendant, in which she alleges damages. The plaintiff contends, and it is admitted by the defendant, that in January, 1929, she submitted herself to Dr. W. B. Dewar, of Raleigh, North Carolina, for a thorough examination and that plaintiff consulted the defendant and after an examination by the defendant that the defendant advised an operation and that defendant operated upon plaintiff at Rex Hospital in the city of Raleigh.

The plaintiff testified, in part: "We have one little girl who is five years old; after…