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SHEA v. PHILLIPS

19627.

213 Ga. 269 (1957)

98 S.E.2d 552

SHEA v. PHILLIPS, Administratrix.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 8, 1957.

Rehearing Denied April 24 And May 16, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Branch, Thomas B. Branch, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Cumming, Nixon & Eve, Anderson, Anderson, Walker & Reichert, Eberhardt, Franklin, Barham & Coleman, John A. Dunaway, Dunaway & Embry, Nightingale & Liles, B. N. Nightingale, Alexander, Vann & Lilly, for party at interest not party to record.

Northcutt & Edwards, Edwin R. Johnston, R. J. Edwards, W. S. Northcutt, contra.

CANDLER, Justice.

Hugh D. Phillips filed a suit for damages against Dr. P. C. Shea, Jr., alleging malpractice. Before it was tried, Phillips died, and his administratrix was substituted in his stead as the party plaintiff. On the trial, The court granted a nonsuit, and the Court of Appeals, with Chief Judge Felton dissenting, reversed that judgment. Phillips v. Shea, 94 Ga.App. 796 (96 S.E.2d 390...

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