Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Wainwright

1. This court will not reverse the action of a trial judge In refusing, pending the trial of a suit for personal injuries, to order a medical examination of the plaintiff, when it appears that no request for such an examination was made of the plaintiff before the trial began, and no request to this effect was made of the court until after the plaintiff’s evidence had been closed, and it was then impracticable, without too long a suspension of the trial, to- obtain a satisfactory and competent physician by whom an impartial examination could be then made. ' "While the power to order such an…