Joly v. Mellor

This is a malpractice case brought by A. Y. Joly against E. M. Mellor, a duly licensed dentist, and one of his employees, Hugh Campbell, who was not a licensed dentist. The complaint, in substance, alleged that, on December 22, 1928, the plaintiff visited the dentist’s office to have his teeth examined and cleaned. That he was waited on by defendant Campbell, an employee of defendant Mellor. That Campbell was unskilled, and without a license to practice dentistry, which was unknown to plaintiff until after he was injured by Campbell’s treatments.

That, on examination of plaintiff’s teeth,…