Geelan v. Reid

This was an action of assumpsit brought by the appellee against theappellant to recover for board and attention furnished by the appellee to Michael Cleary as claimed at the inquest of the appellant. Verdict and judgment for the appellee, from which the appeal is taken. On the night of the 4th of July, 1883, Michael Cleary, a single man and a brother-in-law of appellant, was brought to the boarding house of the appellee with his leg crushed by the cars. Two physicians were called and his leg was amputated. On the following morning at about four o’clock appellant, in response to a summons from…