Eatley v. Meyer

Pee Cueiam.

This is a suit for alleged negligent malpractice, the defendant being a dental surgeon. The substance of the claim is-that he negligently diagnosed and treated a case of mouth infection as a fractured jawbone. Plaintiff had a verdict and judgment of $1,300 and defendant appeals.

Of the eleven grounds of appeal assigned, only three are-argued, viz., refusal to nonsuit; refusal to direct a verdict, for defendant, and refusal to charge the eighteenth request: to charge.

The first two grounds can he considered and disposed of together, as both are based on the proposition that there was.…