St. Louis & S. F. R. v. Whittle
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas.
1DissentCaldwell, Circuit Judge
Whittle, Martin, and tnewart, three plain countrymen, living in the Indian Territory, went to Cameron, a station on the railroad of the defendant company, in that territory, to take the train for Ft. Smith, Ark. It does not appear that Whittle and his companions had any knowledge whatever of railroads or their mode of operation. They purchased tickets, and told the station agent they wanted to take the next passenger train to Ft. Smith, and were informed that it would pass the station about 12 o’clock midnight. The station ¿gent did not acquaint them with the fact that the train did not stop…
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