Marsh v. Richer
New York County Courts
Appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for forty-one dollars and forty-eight- cents damages, besides costs, rendered by a justice of the peace upon the verdict of a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, J.
The plaintiff, a physician, brought this action to recover for professional services in treating the wife (since deceased) of the defendant. The defendant in his answer, with other matters, alleges that the services of the plaintiff were worthless, and that the plaintiff so negligently and unskillfully conducted himself in treating the defendant’s wife that she died. The plaintiff testified in detail that his services were worth the amount which the jury allowed. This is the only evidence in the case specifying in dollars and cents the value of the plaintiff’s services. The defendant swore…
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