Carson v. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Action by Mary H. Jackson, a minor, by Sidney M.'Jackson, her next friend, against Simeon D. Carson, to recover damages for malpractice. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
The appellee, by her next friend, sued the appellant for damages sustained by her through his alleged negligence. The declaration is in four counts, differing from one another in nothing that is material on this appeal. She states that she was suffering from a disease of the bone of the left arm, known as osteomyelitis of the radius, and she applied to the defendant, who is a physician and surgeon, for medical treatment; that he undertook to treat her in consideration of the promise of a reward to be paid by her father; that, through negligence, he at first failed to…
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