A concise handbook of the laws relating to medical men / by James Greenwood ; together with a preface and a chapter on the law relating to lunacy practice by L.S. Forbes-Winslow.
- Greenwood James.
- Date:
- 1882
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A concise handbook of the laws relating to medical men / by James Greenwood ; together with a preface and a chapter on the law relating to lunacy practice by L.S. Forbes-Winslow. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![defendant liad several of liis children residing in a house distant from his own, and under the care of a servant paid by him. Lord Tenterden decided that if an accident happened to one of the childi’en he was liable to pay for its cure, although he did not send for nor know the surgeon who was called in, and although the accident might have arisen from the de- fault or neglect of the servant. And the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict in the well-known case of Baxter v. Gray.''- Here a surgeon had for several years bestowed medical attendance upon a lady, but, expecting to be substantially re- membered in her will, had omitted to send in any bill. She died, however, and, contrary to] all expectations, left him nothing; whereupon he sued her executors, claiming £500. The jury awarded him £250, and the Court refused to disturb the finding, for it held that in such a case, to disentitle the party to sue, there must be something more than the mere expectation of a legacy. The last case to be cited is that of Elliot v. Clayton,- which was an action brought for work and labour as surgeon and for medicines. The pica was his bank- ruptcy before the debt accrued, and that his trustees (or assignees, as the term then was) claimed the debt from the defendant before action. It was replied that the work was personal, and necessary for the present support of the bankrupt and his family; that the 1 4 Scott, N. 11. 374 ; 3 M. & L. 771. - IG Q. 13. 581 ; 15 Jur. 2!)3.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21701829_0061.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
