Whetstine v. Moravec

On October 22, 1937, the plaintiff, an automobile repairman, 50 years old, brought this action against the defendant, a dentist of long experience in his specialty of extracting teeth — an exodontist — by filing his petition alleging: That on or about the 3rd day of July, 1936, the plaintiff went to the office of the defendant for the purpose of having certain teeth extracted, and the defendant accepted plaintiff’s employment of him to extract plaintiff’s said teeth and undertook to perform same, and did then and there place the plaintiff under a general anesthetic and did extract said teeth…