...rules or practice of the religious body to which he belongs." l "A person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery shall not be allowed to disclose...and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity."2 " An attorney or counsellor at law shall not be allowed to disclose a communication, made...

...as witnesses. The statute of New York provides as follows : " A person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery shall not be allowed to disclose...in attending a patient in a professional capacity, which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity : " NY Code of Civ. Proc., § 834 ; see also...

...error was committed in allowing the answer. The hypothetical question did not call upon the witness "to disclose any information which he acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity." The question called for an opinion, not for facts, and the answer disclosed no facts, and but an opinion....

...physician, and regarded defendant as his patient. The hypothetical question did not call upon the witness ' to disclose any information which he acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity.' The question called for an opinion, not for facts, and the answer disclosed no facts, nothing but an...

...834, declaring that a physician shall not be allowed to disclose as a witness " any information that he acquired in attending a patient in a professional...necessary to enable him to act in that capacity," does not prohibit a physician from testifying that he attended a person in a professional capacity,...

...the Code referred to is explicit and clear. It is that "a person duly authorized to practice physics or surgery shall not be allowed to disclose any information...in attending a patient in a professional capacity, which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity." Section 836 of the Code, after providing...

...certificate is not therefore incompetent, under Code Civil Proc. NY, § 834, providing that a physician shall not be allowed to disclose any information which...in attending a patient in a professional capacity. Proof Furnished by Guardian— Estoppel of Ward.— Where the contract of insurance does not require...

...that : "A person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, or n professional or registered nurse, shall not be allowed to disclose any information which...attending a patient, in a professional capacity." • Section 836 provides that: "The last three sections apply to any examination of a person as a witness...

...that it was in violation of the provisions of the statute, which prohibits a physician from disclosing any information which he acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity, to relate the conversation, which he had with the testator concerning his mental or physical ailments....

...had acquired from the patient while 76 . DICKINSON v. CYPRESS CREEK DRAIN. DIST. [139 attending him in a professional capacity and which was necessary to enable him to prescribe as a physician. The physician testified that he was present at the time the release was signed,...