Webb v. Porto Rico American Tobacco Co.

Mr. Chief Justice HeRNÁNdez

delivered the opinion of the court.

On June 9 of last year Ulises R. Webb brought an action in the Second Section of the District Court of San Jnan ag’ainst the Porto Rico American Tobacco Co., to recover $500, with the costs, expenses of the trial, and attorney’s fees.

The plaintiff alleges as the fundamental facts of his action that, on February 16 of said year, he was called upon as a physician and surgeon by his professional colleague, Dr. Manuel Quevedo Báez, to perform a surgical operation on the person of Francisco Fontánez, an employe of the Porto Rico…