Englerth v. Battersby

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

This action was brought to recover the sum of $300 in payment for professional services rendered by plaintiff, a surgeon, in performing a surgical operation on one Naomi Prendergast at the Pottstown Hospital. The trial was had before a judge of the municipal court sitting without a jury, and the finding was in favor of plaintiff. The only question raised on this appeal by defendant is whether error was committed by the court below in dismissing defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the finding for plaintiff.

In March, 1927, Naomi Prendergast, while riding as a…