Wadlington v. Barron’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. ““ * * * it should be noted that defendant’s claims are based upon alleged extra work performed in connection with a construction contract, the existence of which contract was freely admitted by plaintiff, and, under this circumstance, we think the account would be removed, in any event, from the limitation of Article 2277.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Little v. McMurry · 111 So. 2d 372 - Donahue v. McKendrick

2. “"The balance of the account is comprised of charges for medications of various kinds and nature. It is earnestly argued by distinguished counsel for defendant that plaintiff's own testimony on cross-examination discloses that the charges for much of these medicines indicates an unjustifiable margin between the cost to plaintiff and the charge to his patient. This fact is obvious, and it would appear that the margin indicates a charge, over cost, of several hundred percent, in most instances, and, perhaps, a thousand or more percent in others. On the face of such a showing we concede that such charges appear exorbitant and unreasonable to the layman. However, while our laws prohibit usury and provide penalties therefor with respect to the lending of monies, we are aware of no statutes which limit or restrict the percentage of profit in instances of this kind. Again we point out that defendant has failed to prove that these charges exceed the established and customary limits as measured by the custom of other hospitals or clinics. The only testimony on this point is found in the examination of Dr. Cannon, who asserted that the charges appeared to be in line with those of another sanitarium. "In the absence of more convincing proof, we can only conclude that charges for medicines administered for the relief of pain and for the cure of bodily diseases and infirmities are matters that address themselves to the conscience of those who engage in such a business." Id., at page 451. (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Spencer v. West