Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Graves

TALBOT, Associate Justice.

Appellee sued appellant to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him on account of the loss of his leg as a result of the negligence of appellant in not using reasonable diligence to provide him with proper medical and surgical attention after he had received an accidental injury resulting in the fracture of the knee-cap of said leg. The petition alleged that on the 12th day of May, 1907, plaintiff was, and had been for some time, in the employ of the defendant in the capacity of chief clerk in its offices in the city of Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, and…