Supreme Court of Missouri April 15, 1877 (Hicks v. Pacific Railroad)

Henry, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was ah action by plaintiff to recover against defendant damages for a personal injury received under the following circumstances :

*432Plaintiff, at the time of the injury, was between twelve and fourteen years of age. On the evening of August, 1872, plaintiff was at defendant’s platform at Lee’s Summit, in .