Kelsey v. Hay

Bicknell, C. C.

This suit was commenced in the Pulaski Circuit Court, and was taken by change of venue to the Cass Circuit Court. It was brought by the appellee against the appellant as a physician and surgeon, for malpractice.

The complaint, in its first paragraph, alleged that plaintiff,, having broken both of his legs, employed the defendant to set, heal and cure them, and that, by the negligence and unskilfulness of the defendant in that employment, the plaintiff lost the use of his legs, to his damage $10,000.

The second paragraph alleged that the plaintiff’s legs were broken, and that the…