Note 217 — CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT.
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The following cases show or tend to show that the English rule is in operation in Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, and West Virginia: Wilson v. Town of Granby, 47 Conn., 59; Fayette v. Chesterville, 77 Me., 28; Weems v. Weems, 19 Md., 334; Morrissey v. Ingham, 111 Mass., 63; Barber v. Merriam, 11 Allen, 322; Castner v. Sliker, 4 Vr., 95; Steagald v. State, 3 S. W. Rep., 771; Jarrett v. Jarrett, 11 W. Va., 584. For the common-law rule in the States where statutes are now in force, see Campau v. North, 39 Mich., 606; Territory v. Corbett, 3 Mont., 50; Pierson v. People, 79 N. Y., 424; Edington v. Ætna L. I. Co., 77 N. Y., 564; Buffalo Loan Tr. & S. D. Co. v. Knights Templar, etc., 126 N. Y., 450.