Sheets v. Coast Coal Co.

Citations

• 74 Wash. 327
• 133 P. 433
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 2050

Syllabus

<p>Bills and Notes — Bill op Exchange- — Acceptance — Orders,— Statutes — Construction. An order by an employee in a mine authorizing the employer to deduct one dollar per month from the monthly wage to pay for the services of Dr. S., as mine physician, is a hill of exchange, upon which there is no liability until accepted in writing, under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 3516, providing that a hill of exchange is an unconditional signed order requiring the drawer to pay money to order or bearer, and Id. §§ 3517 and 3522, providing that the drawee is not liable unless he accepts the same in writing.</p> <p>Master and Servant — Medical Attendance — Physicians and Surgeons — Employment. A physician who obtained a number of orders from employees of a mining company, authorizing the company to deduct one dollar a month from their wages to pay a mine physician, who failed to recover on the orders because they were not accepted as required by law, cannot question the validity of an election, fairly conducted, by which a majority of all the employees chose another physician for the position and contracted with him for medical attendance upon all employees contributing thereto.</p>