Riley v. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co.

For a statement of the appellant’s petition and the facts, we accept the statement as made in his brief:

“Plaintiff alleges in his petition: That while his son, Oscar, was trying to board one of defendant’s freight trains at Thaeker-ville, Okl., for the purpose of coming to Gainesville, Tex., his foot was mashed and broken. That his said son at once sent for a physician, but that the messenger was wrongfully delayed by the crew in charge of said train, to give information as to the nature and cause of the injury, and for- that reason the physician did not reach the said Oscar for some 30 or 40…