Durfee v. Dorr
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Independence Circuit Court; Dene H. Coleman, Judge; 1. It was error to direct a verdict for the defendants. Where there is any evidence tending to establish an issue, it is error to take the case from the jury. 63 Ark. 94; 89 Id. 589; 77 Id. 556; 89 Id. 368; 33 Id. 350; 36 Id. 451; 39 Id. 413; 105 Id. 526; 35 Id. 147. 2. In reviewing the action of the trial court in directing a verdict for défendant the testimony must be given its strongest probative force in…
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Appeal from Independence Circuit Court; Dene H. Coleman, Judge; 1. It was error to direct a verdict for the defendants. Where there is any evidence tending to establish an issue, it is error to take the case from the jury. 63 Ark. 94; 89 Id. 589; 77 Id. 556; 89 Id. 368; 33 Id. 350; 36 Id. 451; 39 Id. 413; 105 Id. 526; 35 Id. 147. 2. In reviewing the action of the trial court in directing a verdict for défendant the testimony must be given its strongest probative force in favor of the plaintiff’s cause of action. 76 Ark. 520; 71 Id. 445; 73 Id. 561. 3. The question as to whether defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellant, in his own right and as administrator of the estate of his deceased son, sued appellees who, as partners under the firm and style of Dorr, Gray & Johnston, are engaged in the practice of medicine and, in connection with their practice, operate a sanitarium in the city of Batesville. Appellant’s intestate was his son, a young man twenty-five years old, who was received by áppellees as a patient on July 26, 1915.. Appellees performed an operation for abscess of the liver on their patient on Tuesday, and the patient died on the following .Saturday. ‘
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