Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. Rodrigues

It appears, from the record in this case, that one Johnson, while in the employment of the railroad company, as a brakeman, was run over by a locomotive and injured. That the station agent at Jacksonville, where the injury occurred, employed appellee to nurse and take care of Johnson, and told appellee that appellant would pay him for his services. Appellee performed the services and presented his bill to the station agent for payment. He wrote to the general superintendent, making a full statement of all that had been done, but there seems to be no evidence that this letter was received.…