Pedigo v. Roseberry

Jess Pedigo, respondent, instituted a civil malpractice action against Drs. E.C. Roseberry and P.A. Holmes, appellants, for $40,000 damages. The jury returned a verdict for appellants. Respondent's motion for new trial was sustained and appellants appealed. The case reaches the writer upon reassignment.

[1] Appellants filed the statutory affidavit for appeal, which (omitting matter not material here) stated the appeal was prayed for because affiant "considers defendants aggrieved by the judgment and decision of the court. . . ." The record recited appellants filed their affidavit "praying the…