Chicago & E. I. R. R. Co. v. Taylor

The uncontroverted facts of this case show that appellee a,t the time he was injured was in law a passenger. He was a regular patron of the road and had a ticket entitling him to ride between Seventy-sixth street and Washington Heights. He came to the station for the purpose of taking the south-bound train, then about due. In order to reach that train he had to cross the track upon which appellant ran its north-bound passenger trains. Under these circumstances appellant owed him the duty of affording him a reasonable opportunity of reaching his train in safety. (C. & E. Ill. R. R. Co. v.…