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

"The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

This is an action by a widow, who is administratrix, to recover for the death of her husband, JE. A. Saunders. The plaintiff recovered judgment for $10,000. The defendant appeals.

*538E. A. Saunders was killed at the Santa Fe depot in Wichita, while crossing the tracks from the depot to take a train on the Wichita and Western, one of the branch lines of that road running out of Wichita. At that time Santa Fe train No. 405 arrived at Wichita from the north at 5:20 p. m. The train on the Wichita and Western left Wichita about five minutes after…