Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Phillips

Two separate suits were brought by appellee, I. M. Phillips, against appellant, one in his own right and one as father and next friend of Lorena Phillips, to recover damages alleged to have been received by Lorena as a result of the negligence of appellant, which occurred as follows: Lorena, a child just a few days more than five years of age, and her mother were passengers on one of appellant’s trains from Ash-down to Fayetteville, via Spiro, Oklahoma, and Fort Smith, Arkansas, on July 16, 1925. The mother held !a ticket issued by appellant providing for a change of cars at Spiro to another…