Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Wood

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Cunningham, J. :

The facts of this case are as follows : In company with his wife, the defendant in error alighted from a south-bound train of the plaintiff in error at its depot at Whitewater, Kan., before it *614was light on the morning of August 24, 1898. There was no agent, nor was there any light in the depot or on the platform. Desiring to remain until it should become light, Mr. "Wood and his wife found their way into the waiting-room of the depot. The depot was west of the track and had a door on both the east and west sides. It was surrounded with…