As to duty of trainmen in a place where there is a known likelihood of trespassers, see Southern R. Co. v. Donovan, 84 Ala. 141; Bullard v. Southern R. Co., 116 Ga. 644; Cincinnati R. Co. v. Blankenship, 157 Ky. 699; Risbridger v. Michigan R. Co., 188 Mich. 672; Fearons v. Kansas City R. Co., 180 Mo. 208; Eppstein v. Missouri R. Co., 197 Mo. 720; Krummack v. Missouri R. Co., 98 Neb. 773; St. Louis R. Co. v. Hodge, (Okl.) 157 Pac. 60; Whelan v. Baltimore R. Co., 70 W. Va. 442; Whalen v. Chicago R. Co., 75 Wis. 654. Contra: Baltimore R. Co. v. Welch, 114 Md. 536; Boden v. Boston R. Co., 205 Mass. 504; Haltiwanger v. Columbia R. Co., 64 S. C. 7. Compare Lowery v. Walker, [1911] A. C. 10.

The trainmen may assume that an adult trespasser, not in obvious peril, will look out for himself. Indianapolis R. Co. v. McClaren, 62 Ind. 566; Campbell v. Kansas City R. Co., 55 Kan. 536; St. Louis R. Co. v. Herrin, 6 Tex. Civ. App. 718. As to a child, see Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Morgan, 82 Pa. St. 134.

[132]. “The duty must be one owed by the defendants to the plaintiffs in respect to the very matter or act charged as negligence.”—Parsons, C. J., in Pittsfield C. M. Co. v. Pittsfield Shoe Co., 71 N. H. 522, 531.

[133]. Statement abridged.

[134]. Hardcastle v. South Yorkshire R. Co., 4 H. & N. 67; Ponting v. Noakes, [1894] 2 Q. B. 281; Scoggin v. Atlantic Cement Co., 179 Ala. 213; Gordon v. Roberts, 162 Cal. 506; Whitney v. New York R. Co., 87 Conn. 623; Garner v. Town, 7 Ga. App. 630; McDermott v. Burke, 256 Ill. 401; Northwestern El. Co. v. O’Malley, 107 Ill. App. 599; Knapp v. Doll, 180 Ind. 526; St. Joseph I. Co. v. Bertch, 33 Ind. App. 491; Upp v. Darner, 150 Ia. 403; Bransom v. Labrot, 81 Ky. 638; Mallock v. Derby, 190 Mass. 208; Flanagan v. Sanders, 138 Mich. 253; Dahl v. Valley Dredging Co., 125 Minn. 90; Schmidt v. Distilling Co., 90 Mo. 284; Henry v. Disbrow M. Co., 144 Mo. App. 350; Butler v. Chicago R. Co., 155 Mo. App. 287; Burrill v. Alexander, 75 N. H. 554; Kleinberg v. Schween, 134 App. Div. 493; Riggle v. Lens, 71 Or. 125; Clapp v. La Grill, 103 Tenn. 164; Stamford Oil Co. v. Barnes, 103 Tex. 409; Denison Light Co. v. Patton, 105 Tex. 621; Lunsford v. Colonial Coal Co., 115 Va. 346; Anderson v. Northern R. Co., 19 Wash. 340; West v. Shaw, 61 Wash. 227.

As to setting traps for trespassers, see Bird v. Holbrook, 4 Bing. 628; Hooker v. Miller, 37 Ia. 613. Compare Marble v. Ross, 124 Mass. 44; Loomis v. Terry, 17 Wend. 497; Sherfey v. Bartley, 4 Sneed, 58.

[135]. Latham v. Johnson, [1913] 1 K. B. 398; Cleveland R. Co. v. Ballentine, 84 Fed. 935; Riedel v. West Jersey Co., 177 Fed. 374; Pastorello v. Stone, 89 Conn. 286; Norman v. Bartholomew, 104 Ill. App. 667; Nelson v. Burnham Co., 114 Me. 213; Peninsular Trust Co. v. City, 131 Mich. 571; Houck v. Chicago R. Co., 116 Mo. App. 559; Hughes v. Boston R. Co., 71 N. H. 279; Leithold v. Philadelphia R. Co., 47 Pa. Super. Ct. 137; Dobbins v. Missouri R. Co., 91 Tex. 60; Bottum v. Hawks, 84 Vt. 370; Curtis v. Stone Quarries, 37 Wash. 355; Uthermohler v. Mining Co., 50 W. Va. 457; Ritz v. City, 45 W. Va. 262 Accord. Compare Walsh v. Pittsburg R. Co., 221 Pa. St. 463; Lyttle v. Harlem Coal Co., 167 Ky. 345.

[136]. This opinion, too long to be inserted here, will be found in 2 Cent. Law Journal, 170.

[137]. Railroad Co. v. Stout, 17 Wall. 657; Union R. Co. v. McDonald, 152 U. S. 262 (slackpit); St. Louis R. Co. v. Underwood, (C. C. A.) 194 Fed. 363 (pile of lumber); Southern R. Co. v. Bunt, 131 Ala. 591; Thompson v. Alexander Cotton Mills Co., 190 Ala. 184 (drain containing hot water); Barrett v. Southern P. R. Co., 91 Cal. 296 (but see Peters v. Bowman, 115 Cal. 345—pond; George v. Los Angeles R. Co., 126 Cal. 357—cars standing unattended); Ferguson v. Columbus R. Co., 75 Ga. 637, 77 Ga. 102 (but see Savannah R. Co. v. Beavers, 113 Ga. 398—excavation); City v. McMahon, 154 Ill. 141; Donk Bros. v. Leavitt, 109 Ill. App. 385; Belt R. Co. v. Charters, 123 Ill. App. 322 (but see American Advertising Co. v. Flannigan, 100 Ill. App. 452); Chicago R. Co. v. Fox, 38 Ind. App. 268; Lewis v. Cleveland R. Co., 42 Ind. App. 337; Edgington v. Burlington R. Co., 116 Ia. 410 (but see Anderson v. Ft. Dodge R. Co., 150 Ia. 465); Price v. Atchison Water Co., 58 Kan. 551 (reservoir); Kansas City R. Co. v. Matson, 68 Kan. 815 (wood pile); Osborn v. Atchison R. Co., 86 Kan. 440 (abandoned round house—but see Somerfield v. Land and Power Co., 93 Kan. 762—unguarded canal); Bransom v. Labrot, 81 Ky. 638 (pile of timber); Palermo v. Orleans Ice Co., 130 La. 833 (gutter containing hot water); Koons v. St. Louis R. Co., 65 Mo. 592; Schmidt v. Kansas City Distilling Co., 90 Mo. 284 (hole made by escaping steam); Berry v. St. Louis R. Co., 214 Mo. 593 (but see Overholt v. Vieths, 93 Mo. 422—abandoned quarry; Barney v. Hannibal R. Co., 126 Mo. 372—unfenced freight yard; Kelly v. Benas, 217 Mo. 1—pile of lumber); Chicago R. Co. v. Krayenbuhl, 65 Neb. 889; Evansich v. Gulf R. Co., 57 Tex. 126 (but see Missouri R. Co. v. Edwards, 90 Tex. 65; Johnson v. Atlas Supply Co., (Tex. Civ. App.) 183 S. W. 31, 33); Smalley v. Rio Grande R. Co., 34 Utah, 423 (but see Palmer v. Oregon S. L. Co., 34 Utah, 466); Haynes v. City, 69 Wash. 419 (but see Barnhart v. Chicago R. Co., 89 Wash. 304); Kelley v. Southern R. Co., 152 Wis. 328 (but see Emond v. Kimberly-Clark Co., 159 Wis. 83—pond) Accord.

Compare McCabe v. American Woolen Co., (C. C. A.) 132 Fed. 1006 (unguarded canal); Valley Planing Mill v. McDaniel, 119 Ark. 139; Brinkley v. Cooper, 70 Ark. 331; Prickett v. Pardridge, 189 Ill. App. 307; Stendal v. Boyd, 73 Minn. 53; Dahl v. Valley Dredging Co., 125 Minn. 90; Cooper v. Overton, 102 Tenn. 211.