Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Lee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Milton, J.:

This action was brought by Mrs. Nannie Lee, a married woman, to recover from the plaintiff in error the sum of $5000, as damages resulting from personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant in the operation of the railroad while the plaintiff was being transported thereon as a passenger. The injury was received on August 9, 1892, near the city of Denver, and was caused by the derailment of a passenger-train carrying excursionists to that city during the Knights Templar conclave. The amended petition,…