A Cincinnati court gave a young woman $300 damages for the destruction by a professor of a paper written while the plaintiff was a student at Pulte Medical College. She wrote about 17 pages of manuscript in answering questions at an examination, and handed the same to her professor. Afterwards having determined to have the results of her examinations published in pamphlet form as an aid to her in starting in her profession, she called upon the members of the college faculty and requested a return of the papers, or copies thereof. All of the professors so requested returned the papers, except the professor referred to, who, instead of giving her the papers or a copy, threw them in the fire.
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