Tempfer v. Joplin & Pittsburg Railway Co.

*375The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

Plaintiff sued to recover damages for the loss' of his son who, he alleged, was killed by one of the defendant’s cars. The petition averred, in substance, that on August 21, 1910, and for a long time prior thereto, the defendant at a point on its line known as Fleming station kept a rest room or depot for the accommodation of passengers; that shortly before that date the depot was removed, but that the place continued to be used as a stopping place for passengers, where they were received and discharged, and that a large number of passengers…