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A Doctor Who Didn't Collect His Bill

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Day
26
Month
August
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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Several weeks ago Mr. Willlam 11. Hayes. n ford treet, of tlns city. deciaeTTo tüRt A ítem trip for Uia benonl of bil wif--'s healih, and before tloing so consnlted with leveraj leadlng phyutclnnx, includlng I). O. Kurrarul, A. 8 Henton, and T. A. Mei. ruw. about a very small fístula witli whleli Mim. H:iy troubled. It is alleced that the doctors were unanlmoiis m advüaog Mr. Hayes not to have any operatlou performed, hut being on Ii ieudly ternis witli Trof. bonald Machan, of Ann Arbor unlversiiy. Mr. Bayea declded t ït hls opinión In adaJtlou to Chote of the othi r physiclans And MOBpt it a.s IlUal. It is luithcr alIeg6d l' -Ir Haya that Prof Msclean i uu iipcr.it ion ueotMary and agr i tocare Mis. Hayt-ti in a week; that instead of doing so he performed Hurglcal operattons whíoh llave prohahly ruinoil Mrs. Huye' hualth lor life; and that wben Mr. HayM llnally took her away after four or flve weeks' treatment at Ann Arbor. lie was In a shocking condllion, and now 1Uh opon a sick b.ii from wliich sbe may never nse again. Mr. Hayi'S lurlln-r says tbat he was contemplatlng a snit for dainages aualnst Prof. Maclean for malpraotice when the latter sent in hls bilí tur a balance of Slul. Mr. Ilayes refusid to pay the bill. ainl Prot Maciean began snit aeuinst hlm beflore Justice D. B. Wllleinln, of thla city. The oase Wu ¦) for hearlDK last Monday. Mr Hayes engaged John G. Iiawley as iils lawyer, and 11 and pleadlngs In Justice Wlllemln'shatHlwrltIuk show tliat Mi HayM objeoted to paylng the bill on the ground of ross nialiract)' Mia Bet furtb. the other muin alh-atiuus ahout recited. The case was nrljournNl lust Monrlny at the plalntirTs reinist until mo'clock thls mornlini, three of hls witin-ss. rroN-ssor Uael6ftn was not present, nor hls lawyer. Theodore Otjen, hut a new lawyer appeared as the latter s 80bstltute and rejuesteu a Inrthti poatpouOien on the grounu that au Important wltnes fo the plalntiffhad not been obtalntnl. T)n oMH sitie objectel, and after some dittousslon th suit aualnst MrHuyiv. was formerly di.scontln ued. Mr.Haypsclalins to bo disgnsteJ wlth th onding of the Bult. The above artiole, frnni tlic Dftroi EveninjfNewsof Ang. ]9,]ut.sl)r. ftaclesi in :in unploasant position. It appears tli Doctor suel Ir. Huyes for f 100 fnr pnM sional services renilered Hayes' wife.wliicl was conttsteil, the defendant allegini: mal practice on the part o! the Dwtor. There upon Dr. Maclean ab.indoned his suit and wrote an article riolently attackini; tlie charaetüi' of Mr. Huye, statitiR that the eharjfes of malprurtii e nt false, slanderous and outragoous, containintj not a word of trulh. The numerons friends of Dr. Maclean in this city are paiiud at tlie coui'se In1 lias taken in thU matter. The alniost universal opinión 9 tlmt alter comtnencinp a suit, and pay ment being resisted ou the grouoda of gross malpractice, he could not in lionor drop tlie snit. We hope for the credit of the grand old unlversity, that the Doctor will reeonilder hti detertnlnatioQ to tun from the contest that he inanguratid, anii that he will insist upon collecting tlie $100 that this wealtíiy man in Detroit liomsily ones hini. W'v shall wait further dtvelopinents in this case with detp interest.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News