Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Gibson

KEY, Associate Justice.

—On the 21st day of December, 1896, H. E. Gibson, a boy about sixteen years of age, went from his home in the country to the town of Ardmore, in the Indian Territory. According to his testimony, he had never ridden on a railroad, but had seen them before. Having some idle time to be disposed of, he went to the track of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company, and, while standing near the same, an engine stopped opposite him and he mounted it, stepping upon what he supposed was the footboard, and started to walk across to the other side, when the engine commenced…