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Held ( rev . the judgment of Lord Hunter, Ordinary) that the pursuer had stated a relevant case, and issue allowed.
Observations ( per the Lord Justice-Clerk and Lord Ormidale) as to the duty of masters in the case of illness of domestic servants to call in the panel doctor.
Mrs Elizabeth Ferguson or M'Keating, widow, residing at 45 Rosehall Road, Shotts, pursuer , brought an action of damages for the death of her daughter Lizzie M'Keating, a domestic servant, against Thomas Frame, farmer, Shotts, defender .
The defender pleaded —“1. The pursuer's averments being irrelevant and insufficient to support the conclusions of the summons, the action should be dismissed.”
On 26th May 1920 the Lord Ordinary ( Hunter ) sustained the first plea-in-law for the defender and dismissed the action.
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