Rich

There is evidence in the record tending to show the following facts: On the 26th of September, 1908, one E. H. Lapier received serious injuries at a water plant belonging to the Fullerton Domestic Water Company, of which company he was an employee; that the injury was occasioned by coming in contact with certain electric wires supplying electric current to the pumping plant, which wires were the property of the defendant, and were under the control of one Boone, an employee of defendant. Upon the occurrence of the injury Boone called plaintiff to the scene, and upon plaintiff’s arrival Lapier was immediately taken to a hospital at Fullerton owned by plaintiff, and plaintiff, a skillful surgeon, immediately proceeded, with the assistance of other surgeons, to amputate a leg and to perform other operations necessary for the preservation of the life of Lapier. About the time these operations were concluded, nothing remaining to be done except to apply some dressings, one Dr. Stinchfield, acting at the time as or for the chief surgeon of defendant, arrived upon the scene, made a cursory examination of the injured man’s condition, recommended that certain things be done, and directed…