Legal Opinion

Camp v. Ristine

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided November 22, 1898PublishedCited by 7 opinions

FROM KNOX. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Knox County. Joseph W. Sneed, J.

1Opinion of the CourtBeard, J.

This suit was instituted by the defendant in error, a physician, to recover from the plaintiff in error a bill for professional services. During the progress of the trial below the defend ant in error offered and there was admitted to the *535jury, over the objection of plaintiff in error, the' expert testimony of certain physicians to show the value of the service for which he sought a recovery; and this action of the Circuit Judge is complained of in this appeal.

In this there was no error. It is a matter of common practice in our own courts, and, so far as we know, universally regarded as a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Head v. HargraveSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Reynolds v. . RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  3. Bruce v. BeallTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Whiton v. . SnyderNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
  5. Bearss v. . CopleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1854

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. National Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. FollettTennessee Supreme Court · 1935
  2. Wabash Screen Door Co. v. BlackCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1903
  3. New England Mut. Life Ins. v. ReeceTennessee Supreme Court · 1935
  4. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Peacher Mill Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1913
  5. City of Maryville v. McConkeyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1935

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