Marquette & Ontonagon Railroad v. Taft

One Charles Otto, a laborer for plaintiff in error, was accidentally struck, while in their service, by one of their cars, and seriously injured. The yard-master of the company, Mr. Theil, who had charge of the business and men in the yard where Otto was at work at the time, caused him to be immediately removed to his boarding-house, and also procured the defendant in error, who was a surgeon, to attend him. Doctor Taft thereupon rendered services for which he charged the company two hundred and twenty dollars. Payment of the bill was refused, and he sued the company and recovered, and the…