Adams & Reid v. Southern Railway Co.

This action is to recover for professional services. On August 20, 1898, the defendant’s freight train ran into a washout on the road, about 2.30 o’clock a. m. A few cars passed over the washout, but seven cars in the middle of the train went down,on which were some trespassers —men stealing a ride. The occurrence was a quarter of a mile from Gastonia., a station on the defendant’s road. On the arrival at the station the conductor and engineer engaged the plaintiff’s services to treat the injuries of some of the trespassers. At 9 o’clock a. m., after the services were rendered, the station…