Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-09-27 | Page 1 | Passengers May Go on Platforms

8 PASSENGERS MAY CO QN PLATFORMS r BAN, FRANCISCa pt. 27. Th riirht i, of ft rallmad to btvr asaenrtr from rld-- rld-- In on cr platform wan dinid ystfrr- day by. th aiiprema court In ordiinf a 1 nw. trial of tha cana of Oorra M. Pmitt against tho San Pf-dro. Los An-1 An-1 ft Halt Lal railroad. Pruitt and hl on. Wa1tr, wera t standing on a ear platform In 1907, pr . parinjr to alight, when th train au-ddnly was derail) and th son waa fatally In-: : Jurod. .Prtirtt amiitht to rcov-Br flam-1 flam-1 agos and the company urgd In dirfensAj r that riding on platforma was prohibited t by statute. The trial court too kthla view, but tha supreme court held tfiat tn. Implied In-' In-' vltatlon to enter amokera and dining ears ' while t ruins wre In mntltn well estab-I estab-I ltahed the light of passengers to mora acroaa the platforms uf moving cars.