Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Orton

This was an action by Fred Orton to recover for injuries sustained while he was riding on an excursion train. The cars were greatly crowded, the seats were occupied, and many were standing in the aisles. Or-ton passed through the train, looking for a seat, and finding none he stopped in the door of a car, and while standing there a cinder struck him in the eye, causing a severe injury. The verdict was in favor of Orton, but the jury found that the engine of the train was in good repair and was supplied with the best-known appliances to prevent the escape of cinders; that the engineer in…