Warwick v. Bliss

The defendant in this action, in company with

one Dr. Batterton, is a practicing physician and surgeon in the town of Colton. On the 26th day of March the plaintiff, a farmer living in the vicinity of Colton, suffered a fracture of the bones of his left leg between the knee and the ankle. A telephone message was sent to the office of said physicians requesting the defendant to come immediately and attend to the said' injury. Defendant was absent from Colton at the time the message was sent, and Dr. Batterton responded to the call. On arriving at plaintiff’s home and learning the nature and…