Gillett v. Lydon

This appeal is from a judgment, entered upon the verdict of a jury, for the recovery of fees for treatments for cancer paid by plaintiff to defendant, a sanipractor and drugless healer. The cause was submitted to the jury solely *916upon issues pertaining to his alleged agreement to cure plaintiff.

Defendant was called as an adverse witness, and, during his examination by plaintiff’s counsel, the following occurred:

“Q. Did you tell Mrs. Gillett that you would cure her carcinoma? A. I never told anyone in all my forty years of practice that I would cure them of any ailment. When they go out of my…