Lupher v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Neosho district court; James W. Finley, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mason, J.:
In October, 1904, Jay Lupher entered the service of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company as a brakeman. He was at the time eighteen years of age, but represented that he was twenty-one, and obtained his position by that misrepresentation, a rule of the company forbidding the employment of *586minors in that capacity. In July, 1906, while throwing a switch, he slipped and fell upon the track and was run over and severely injured. He sued the company, alleging that his injury was due to its negligence. His evidence disclosed these facts…
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- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Bondurant's AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
- Fitzmaurice v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Kirkham v. Wheeler-Osgood Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
- Matlock v. Williamsville Greenville & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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