Legal Opinion

Knight v. Cunnington

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1875Published

Appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered on the report of a referee, in an action brought to recover for services rendered by plaintiff, a physician, in attending defendants’intestate.

1Opinion of the Court

Brady, J. :

The plaintiff commenced this action to enforce a claim for services rendered, as a physician, to the defendants’ intestate. The

L *101demand was contested, and the testimony taken by the referee is conflicting in some respects, but, unless some error of law was committed by the referee, the judgment cannot be disturbed. Upon the evidence admitted, there can be no well founded doubt that the visits and examinations for which charges are presented, were made by the plaintiff, and at the request of the intestate, who lingered for some time in a precarious state of health, and wished the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Vosburgh v. ThayerNew York Supreme Court · 1815
  2. Clarke v. SmithNew York Supreme Court · 1866

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