Ward v. J. Samuels & Bro.

This is an action of assumpsit brought to recover the sum of $175 for services rendered by the plaintiff, as a physician, in the treatment of one John L. McHenry, who received some personal injuries while in the employ of and upon the premises of the defendant. The jury in the Superior Court rendered a verdict for the the amount of the claim and the trial judge denied the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

McHenry, upon the happening of the accident, was taken to the office of the plaintiff by Mr. Solomon, the defendant’s assistant superintendent, for the purpose of receiving surgical aid.…