Richardson v. Dumas
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Adams county. HoN. W. H. WilkersoN, Judge. Suit by George Richardson against W. A. Dumas. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Adams county. HoN. W. H. WilkersoN, Judge. Suit by George Richardson against W. A. Dumas. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. What degree of care did- appellee, as the owner of a sanitarium, owe to Ms patient under his contract in tMs case? The contract, as shown by the evidence, required appellee to furnish the sick man with a competent trained nurse day and night and to furnish him with every attention commensurate with his condition and requirements. Appellee charged a higher rate for this additional care and attention, and accordingly will he…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Matthew Richardson, aged about nineteen years, seriously ill with a fever, was taken by appellant, his father, for treatment tó the private sanitarium owned and *669operated for profit in the city of Natchez hy appellee, a practicing physician. Appellee agreed with appellant, for a price named, to give his son all the attention required, and to “furnish him with a trained nurse each night and day.” The young man was very ill and became delirious. He was taken to the sanitarium on a Sunday. His father visited him on the next day, Monday, and again on the following (Tuesday) night, and left him…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Brown v. La Société Française De Bienfaisance MutuelleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
- Ward v. Saint Vincent's HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Stanley v. SchumpertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- Sanitarium v. JacobsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
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- Danville Community Hospital, Inc. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1947
- New Biloxi Hospital, Inc. v. FrazierMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
- Palmer v. Clarksdale HospitalMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
- Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Wilkinson CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1915
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