Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. Weber
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Atchison District Court. ACTION brought by Conrad Weber, as administrator of the •estate of Philip Weber, deceased, under § 422 of the civil code, to recover damages on account of the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the negligence and wrongdoing of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad Company.
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Error from, Atchison District Court. ACTION brought by Conrad Weber, as administrator of the •estate of Philip Weber, deceased, under § 422 of the civil code, to recover damages on account of the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the negligence and wrongdoing of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad Company. On the 31st of October, 1881, the deceased was a passenger on the defendant’s road from Hutchinson, bound eastward to Atchison, to which latter place Philip Weber had paid railroad fare and held a ticket. It is claimed by the plaintiff, that after…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
JOHNSTON, J.:
The plaintiff, who is the personal representative and brother of Philip Weber, deceased, brought this action in the district court of Atchison county, in behalf of the next of kin, to recover the damages suffered by them in the death of Philip Weber, caused, as plaintiff alleges, by the wrongful act and neglect of the railroad company. The verdict and judgment were in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant comes here assigning error on several exceptions that were taken during the trial.
It is first contended that the court erred in…
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