Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Godkin

Godkin, a minor, by his next friend, brought suit against the,railroad company for personal injuries sustained, alleging in substance as follows: While descending from the top of a car of a moving freight-train, after a brakeman connected with the train had directed him to leave, he fell and his arm was so mangled by the train, which was moving at the rate of 25 miles an hour, that it had to be amputated. He was on the train with the knowledge, and by the invitation of the conductor in charge of it; he so informed the brakeman, and told the brakeman that the train was going too fast for him…