Westine v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Neosho district court. STATEMENT. This is an appeal by the defendant from an order granting a new trial after a demurrer to the plaintiff’s evidence had been sustained. . The plaintiff was a brakeman on a freight train running between Chanute, Kan., and Tulsa, Okla., and was injured while performing his duties at Tulsa. Three parallel tracks of the defendant extend north and south through that place, crossing Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth streets.
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Appeal from Neosho district court. STATEMENT. This is an appeal by the defendant from an order granting a new trial after a demurrer to the plaintiff’s evidence had been sustained. . The plaintiff was a brakeman on a freight train running between Chanute, Kan., and Tulsa, Okla., and was injured while performing his duties at Tulsa. Three parallel tracks of the defendant extend north and south through that place, crossing Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth streets. These streets are 300 feet apart. The passenger depot is between Third and Fourth streets, with a platform extending from the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Benson, J.:
The plaintiff contends that he was at the post of duty, the only place where he could perform it, giving close attention to the signals of his conductor, which it was necessary to do to prevent accidents to his train; that while so engaged, absorbed with duty and wholly unaware of danger, the passenger train, running quietly, without giving signals or warning, ran upon and injured him; and that this injury could have been prevented if the conductor of the passenger train had exercised ordinary care. On the other hand, the defendant contends…
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