Newcomb v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — TIon. Franklin Ferris, Judge. (1) It is the duty of a carrier of passengers to use ordinary care to have its depot platforms in a reasonably safe condition for the use for which they are intended. It was error to exclude from the jury the issue-of negligence in that particular in this case. Fullerton v. Eordyce, 121 Mo. 1; Waller v. Railroad, 59 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — TIon. Franklin Ferris, Judge. (1) It is the duty of a carrier of passengers to use ordinary care to have its depot platforms in a reasonably safe condition for the use for which they are intended. It was error to exclude from the jury the issue-of negligence in that particular in this case. Fullerton v. Eordyce, 121 Mo. 1; Waller v. Railroad, 59 Mo. App. 410; Railway v, Wortham, 73 Tex. 25. (2) It is part of the duty of a carrier of passengers to use ordinary care to regulate and manage the approaches to its cars at a- large terminal station, so as…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
— On August 7, 1897, the plaintiff purchased a'ticket at St. Louis for transportation to New *413York, over the Wabash, Michigan Central, and New York Central railroads. At 6:30 p. m. on Sunday, August 8th, he arrived at Buffalo, New York, over the Michigan Central railroad, where a stop of twenty minutes was provided for supper. Erom Buffalo to New York the plaintiff was to go over the New York Central railroad. The defendant’s depot at Buffalo, into which the Michigan Central train came and out of which the New York Central train was to go, fronts north on the south side of Exchange street.…
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