Arkansas Southern Railroad v. Loughridge
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Uniou Circuit Court. Charles W. Smith, Judge. There is no evidence that appellee was employed by appellant or any one acting for it.
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Appeal from Uniou Circuit Court. Charles W. Smith, Judge. There is no evidence that appellee was employed by appellant or any one acting for it. The appellant was not bound to furnish medical attention for the person injured; nor could any conductor or general manager bind it by a contract for same, without authority from the board of directors. 48 Ark. 188; 8 Ark. 227; 20 Ark. 251; 23 Ark. 411; 31 Ark. 212; 34 Ark. 246; 39 Ark. 580; 40 Ark. 251; 41 Árk. 177; 42 Ark. 188; 51 Ark. 483; 53 Ark. 208, 377; 62 Ark! 33, 40; 54 Mo. 177; Bish. Cont. § 1066; 72 N. W. 997. If any verdict was justified…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This is a suit, tried in the Union circuit court, to recover the value of services rendered by the appellee as physician and surgeon in attending upon a brakeman of appellant company, who had fallen from the cars near Cargile in Union county, and had one leg crushed, and was otherwise hurt and bruised.
Defendant’s train, proceeding northward, had approached near Cargile, one of its stations, when Bascom Williams, a brakeman employed in running the train, was thrown from the cars, and was wounded as stated. The appellee, a regular practicing physician, residing in El Dorado, a few miles north…
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