Bute v. Potts

Citations

• 76 Cal. 304
• 18 P. 329
• 1888 Cal. LEXIS 880

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Want of Skill—Action against Physician—Evidence. —In. an action against a physician to recover damages for alleged incompetency and negligence, evidence that the defendant had obtained a certificate from the state board of examiners, without an examination as to his qualifications, and upon the presentation of diplomas from certain medical schools which were irregularly obtained, is immaterial and irrelevant in support of the issue of negligence and incompetency.</p>