Hall v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.

This is an action of assumpsit brought to recover the sum of $1,573.75, with interest, for services rendered during a period of twenty weeks, and for supplies furnished by the plaintiff, a physician and surgeon, to the defendant's employee, a carpenter, who was injured, in the course of his employment, at its power station in Warren, R. I., by steam and hot water in an accidental explosion. The defendant denies liability, and claims that it never engaged the services of the plaintiff.

After verdict for the plaintiff, the defendant has petitioned for a new trial upon the grounds that the…