Midland Valley R. Co. v. White

Opinion by

STEPHENSON, C.

The plaintiff was en route from Indiana to visit his father at Bixby, Okla. He arrived at Muskogee on the morning of February 24, 1921, and prior to the time one of the defendant’s trains departed from Muskogee for plaintiff’s destination. The plaintiff purchased his ticket for the morning train, but failed to board the same. He boarded one of defendant’s trains later in the day which did not make a scheduled stop at Bixby. According to plaintiff’s testimony, the conductor of the train advised him that the train would be slowed down to a safe rate of speed for him to…