Kinney v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an action by Beulia M. Kinney (appellant) to recover damages arising out of personal injuries she sustained in slipping and falling to the floor of The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s depot at Chanute, Kansas, and to recover for her husband’s consequent damages arising from her injuries. From an order of the trial court sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff’s evidence, appeal has been duly perfected.

The overall question is whether the evidence admitted at the trial was sufficient to make out a prima facie case.

The…