Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Bentley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

Plaintiff recovered judgment for the death of her husband, who was an employee of the railway company. Defendant brings error.

On January 28, 1904, Robert T. Bentley, a track-repairer, was run over and killed by an engine and tender in the yards of the company at Conway Springs. At the time of the accident the railway company maintained at Conway Springs a roundhouse, situated on a switch leading to the main track, and on the main track a coal-chute and storage bins, where engines were supplied with coal. The chute was a high, covered…