Smith v. Simpson

This is an action in damages for the death of plaintiff’s wife caused by the alleged negligence of defendants and their servants.

Defendants, who are physicians, are co-partners, owning and conducting a private sanitarium for gain in Kansas City, Mo., employ ing nurses and other servants for the treatment and care of patients accepted and received by defendants for treatment for nervous, mental and other kindred ailments. Plaintiff is a farmer and, with his wife and, their small son, lived on a farm near Pleasant Hill, Cass county, Mo.

The record shows that for several months prior to June,…