Davis v. Potter

—This is an action for damages for personal injuries to surgical patient on account of burn from hot water bottle occurring after the operation.

Mrs. A. L. Potter, a graduate trained nurse, owns and operates a hospital in the city of Coeur d’Alene, known as the Home Hospital, which is her sole and separate property. The hospital is small and the nursing is looked after by Mrs. Potter. Appellant, H. J. Sturges, is a physician and surgeon residing at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Pursuant to an understanding with respondent husband and wife, appellant performed a major operation upon Mrs. Davis, she…