Bedell v. Malloy

The plaintiff, a practicing physician, sued the defendant for an alleged balance due him for professional services. It was admitted by the defendant upon the trial that he had visited the defendant 123 times; that the charge for each visit was, by arrangement with the plaintiff, fixed at the sum of $2 per visit. It was conceded by plaintiff that $236 had been paid him, leaving a balance of $10 due. It is true that the defendant testified that, “I believe in all I have paid him around $290,” but he could give no reason for such belief. He also testified that, when he ceased visiting the plaintiff’s office, he “thought he owed him probably $10 or $15.” He said that it ran along about a year, and then he got a bill for $60, upon which he paid plaintiff $50, and upon consultation with his employers, to whom the plaintiff had written letters, was told by them that “they considered the bill was well paid.” This'is corroborative of the- plaintiff’s claim that there was, still due and owing him the sum of $10, and there was no testimony from which it could be reasonably said that plaintiff’s bill was incorrect. The plaintiff should therefore have had a judgment for $10.

Judgment reversed, and judgment directed in favor of the plaintiff for $10, without costs of this appeal to either party. All concur.