Metcalf v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad

Citations

• 97 Miss. 455
• 52 So. 355

Syllabus

<p>Railroads. Passengers. Persons awaiting trains. Temporarily leaving depots. Code 1906, §§ 4854, 4867.</p> <p>Under Code 1906, §§ 4854, 4867, requiring railroad companies to maintain depots and keep them open for the reception of passengers at least one hour before the arrival of trains, a person who goes into a passenger depot within said time, for the purpose of placing his baggage there and taking passage on a train due within the time, becomes a passenger, and does not forfeit any right by temporarily leaving the premises, although he intended to so leave when he entered.</p>