Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Johnson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McAtee, J.:

On the 11th day of August, 1891, the defendant in error, as plaintiff, filed his complaint in the district court for Logan county to recover damages for pex-sonal injuries x-eceived by him at Guthrie, Oklahoma, while riding fx-onx Purcell, Ixxdian Territory, to Guthrie, ixx a box car ixi one of defendant’s freight trains.

Plaixxtiff claixned in his petitioix that he was a pas-sexxger, and that he was jerked axid thrown from the car ixx question by reason of the xxegligeixce of the defendant’s servants. The defendaxit plead by a gexx-ex-al…