Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., Thompson v. Ford

Appellee brought this suit to recover damages to compensate a personal injury which he sustained on April 4, 1940. He alleged, and testified, that he was returning on one of appellant’s trains from a trip lie had made to Little Rock, and that the. train arrived at Malvern, his destination, at about 11:30 p. m. After leaving the train he started walking towards its rear on his way home when, because of the unsafe condition of the depot platform, on which he was walking, and the presence there of a stick of wood or some other soft substance on the platform, he was caused to fall in the…