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

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

Upon the claim that in the former opinion in this case (Turner v. Railway Co., 83 Kan. 315) the defendant’s contention with respect to the law as applied to the undisputed facts had not received the attention which the importance of the case seemed to demand, a rehearing was granted.

Turner, a young man twenty-two years of age, was in charge of the turntable and had been at that particular work about three or four days, having been previously employed at the cinder pit. At the time he received the injuries which caused his death he was…