Skelly Oil Company v. Medical & Surgical Clinic

MOORE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Medical & Surgical Clinic, a medical partnership, brought this suit against defendants, Skelly Oil Company and Willard Rumfield, Jr., to recover various medical and surgical fees for services rendered Rumfield, a customer of Skelly, who was injured as a result of an explosion occurring at the gasoline loading docks on Skelly’s premises.

As grounds for a cause of action, plaintiff alleged that immediately after the explosion, defendant Skelly, acting through its servants, agents and employees, called the Medical & Surgical Clinic and requested Dr. George Tate and Dr.…