Salter v. Nebraska Telephone Co.

Duffie, C.

January 1, 1904, Burt Crumb, an employee of the Nebraska Telephone Company, fell from the top of a telephone pole to the frozen earth, fracturing his arm at the elbow to such an extent that the ends of the broken bones protruded through his coat into the earth. He was taken to Hubbard, some 4-J miles distant, and the next morning put on the. train and taken to Norfolk, where he was placed in a hospital operated by the plaintiffs. One O. E. Dugan, foreman in charge of the working gang of which • Crumb was a member, was in Norfolk at the time, and made arrangements with the plaintiffs…