Byrne v. Goo Wan Hoy
Byrne v. Goo Wan Hoy
Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT BY
This is an action of assumpsit for $32 for professional services rendered by plaintiffs assignor, a physician and surgeon, to the defendant at the latter’s request. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found for the plaintiff and judgment was entered accordingly. The only assignment of error- relied upon is that the decision and the judgment are unsupported by evidence.
The plaintiff in error, defendant in the action, obtained from the physician treatment for injuries received' in an accident. The main issue of fact in the trial court was whether, in the admitted absence of an express contract, the circumstances under which the services were rendered were such as to create an obligation on defendant’s part to pay for them or, in other words, to give rise to the legal implication that he promised to pay. Upon this point both the physician and the defendant gave testimony, the defendant’s claim being that the obligation to pay devolved upon an accident insurance company which had issued a policy to him. The (evidence was conflicting and the trial court in ordering judgment for the plaintiff declared that it did so Relieving and giving more credence to the evidence of the plaintiff than to the evidence of the defendant.” The
The judgment is affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- J. J. BYRNE v. GOO WAN HOY
- Status
- Published