Texas Pipe Line Co. v. Huddleston

The matter in controversy is a doctor’s bill amounting to about $100, incurred in the year 1917. This is the second appeal growing out of the litigation. Huddleston v. Pipe Line Co. (Tex. Civ. App.) 230 S. W. 250.

An employee of the Pipe Line Company was badly scalded at the company’s pumping station near the village of Newark, north of the city of Port Worth. The company’s engineer, in charge of the employees .at the pumping station, called Dr. Huddleston, who responded, rendered first aid, took the injured man to the' hotel in Newark, and cared for him until he had recovered. The doctor…