Quinley v. Cocke

The plaintiff in error, who will be hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, brought suit in the Circuit Court of Shelby County against Dr. E. W. Cocke and Gartly-Ram-say Hospital of Memphis for damages, both compensatory and exemplary. The declaration, which contains* two counts, alleges the following facts:

In the first count it is alleged that the plaintiff entered said hospital as a pay patient on September 16, 1942, for rest and treatment for a nervous condition and other ailments, brought about principally by acute gall bladder attacks and acute pain and suffering resulting therefrom.…