Mendenhall v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Citations

• 66 Kan. 438
• 71 P. 846
• 61 L.R.A. 120
• 1903 Kan. LEXIS 77

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Railroads — Injury to Trespasser. One who pays a brakeman on a passenger-train a sum of money to be carried to a certain point, and is told to ride upon the platform of the baggage-car and get off the train at all stops and keep out of sight, and who follows such instructions, is not a passenger.</p> <p>2. -Minor of Fifteen Years Held Responsible. Allegations that a minor, fifteen years of age, did not know that he was doing wrong in making such an arrangement as that referred to in, the preceding paragraph, and did not know that he was exposing himself to any great danger in following such directions, are not sufficient to take the case out of the rule stated, or to relieve the minor from responsibility for his own negligence.</p>