Station

In Civil Law. A place where ships may ride in safety.

Dig. 49. 12. 1. 13; 50. 15. 59.

A railroad company may exclude from its stations all persons except those using or desirous of using the railway, and may impose upon the rest of the public any terms it may deem proper as the condition of admittance; 11897] A. C. 479; to the same effect, 18 C. B. 46. Where a railroad company promises to build and maintain a station and stop two trains a day for the use of one who has been induced thereby to purchase land, the railroad may be excused from such promise if its duty to the public is thereby disturbed; Atlanta & W. P. R. Co. v. Camp, 130 Ga. 1, 60 S. E. 177, 15 L. li.

A. (N. S.) 594, 124 Am. St. Rep. 151, 14 Ann. Cas. 439.

A railroad company is bound to use only such degree of care in constructing its stations and platforms as is sufficient to protect passengers using ordinary care from injury; Lauterer v. R. Co., 128 Fed. 540, 63 C. C. A. 38.

See Depot.