Cassingham v. Berry

Opinion by

BRETT, C.

This action was brought by the plaintiffs in error against the defendant in error, a physician and surgeon, to recover damages for malpractice, which is alleged to have resulted in the death of the moth.er of the plaintiffs in error:

Parties to-this action will be referred to in this opinion as plaintiffs and defendant, as they appeared in the lower court.

The alleged facts upon which the plaintiffs seek to recover, briefly stated, are that Dr. Milroy was treating the plaintiffs’ mother, Mrs. Ella Jane Cassingham, as physician and'decided that the removal of her ovaries was…