Harkness v. Swissvale Borough

Citations

• 238 Pa. 544
• 86 A. 478
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 1006

Syllabus

<p>Evidence — Negligence—Hospital records — Motion for continuance — Discretion of court. '</p> <p>1. In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the record of a hospital showing the history of plaintiffs decedent, who was admitted to the hospital two months after she had sustained an injury for which suit was brought, was held not admissible as an independent piece of evidence.</p> <p>2. In such a ease the refusal of a continuance of the case until the physician who could testify to the facts of the record could be produced was held to lie within the court’s sound discretion.</p>