Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Cappier

Citations

• 66 Kan. 649
• 72 P. 281
• 69 L.R.A. 513
• 1903 Kan. LEXIS 113

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.,</p> <p>1. Railroads-Injury io Trespasser — Duty of Employees. A. trespasser on a railway-track was struck by a moving car to which an engine was attached, and injured without fault on the part of the servants of the company. Held, that the failure of the railway employees operating the car and engine to take charge of the wounded man and give him care and attention was not the violation of a legal duty for which the company was liable.</p> <p>2. - Case Distinguished. The case at bar is distinguishable-from those where the servants of the railway company were at. fault, and also from those where the injury was occasioned without fault, and the negligent acts or omissions occurred af ,er the-company had taken the injured person in charge.</p>