Handley v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

On March 20, 1894, when the passenger-train of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company was about to leave Toronto, W. F. Blake, a young man fifteen years of age, went under the cars and climbed upon the trucks or cross-bars, with the purpose of stealing a ride, but before the train had gone 350 yards he fell down, his leg was crushed, and soon afterward he died as a r.esult of the injury. His mother brought this action, claiming that the injury was due to the negligence of the company; that a colored porter employed by the company, who *238was…