Swigert v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff in attempting to board one of the defendant’s passenger trains. The peti-tion alleges: That the agents and servants of defendant in charge of said train, negligently failed to stop the train at said Bucklin station a reasonable length of time to perl mit plaintiff to get on said train, and while plaintiff’ was attempting to get on said train those in charge of said train negligently and carelessly started said train rapidly forward, whereby the plaintiff was struck by the cars of the said train, knocked down…