Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. Todd

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

William H. Todd was killed while sitting under a car in the yards of the railroad company at Wichita. These yards are about two miles long, and over 300 yards wide, and, at the point where the fatality occurred, there was no public thoroughfare or street crossing, nor was there any inducement or implied invitation held out to enter upon the yards. Nothing about the cars was especially attractive to children, and there was nothing to lead the employés of the company to anticipate that persons would be sitting under the cars in the yard.…