Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Keller

JAMES, Chief Justice.

The action is by appellee for personal injuries sustained at appellant’s station in Glorietta, Hew Mexico, by being struck by an engine while he was standing between appellant’s tracks.

Plaintiff went there to meet a passenger on the east-bound train, which train occupied the main track next to the station. There were several other tracks, the next one to the main track being distant approximately ten feet. Glorietta is a small place. The grounds covered by the tracks were used by the public in approaching the depot. Plaintiff had hitched his horse, and approached the main…