Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Krayenbuhl
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court for Merrick county. Tried below before Thompson, J. Leo Krayenbuhl, a minor seven years of age, by his father, Samuel Krayenbuhl, as next friend, recovered a judgment of $5,000 against the plaintiff railroad company as damages for the loss of one of his feet, Avhich was cut off while he and other children Avere playing upon the turntable of the defendant company at Palmer, Nebraska.
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Error from the district court for Merrick county. Tried below before Thompson, J. Leo Krayenbuhl, a minor seven years of age, by his father, Samuel Krayenbuhl, as next friend, recovered a judgment of $5,000 against the plaintiff railroad company as damages for the loss of one of his feet, Avhich was cut off while he and other children Avere playing upon the turntable of the defendant company at Palmer, Nebraska. This accident occurred Sunday, October 20, 1895. Palmer was a village of less than 200 inhabitants, through which two lines of the plaintiff in error’s road ran in a northwesterly…
1Opinion of the Court
Albert, C.
This action was brought on behalf of Leo Krayenbuhl, whom we shall hereafter call the plaintiff, by his next friend, against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while playing on a turntable belonging to the defendant.
It sufficiently appears from the evidence that, on and prior to the 20th day of October, 1895, the defendant operated a line of railroad, which extended through the village of Palmer, at which point it maintained a passenger depot, roundhouse, eoalhouse, water-tank and turntable. A few rods'…
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