United States Express Co. v. Everest
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte court of common pleas; William G. Holt, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
BURCH, J.:
The plaintiff recovered damages for an injury to his seventeen-year-old son alleged to have been occasioned by the defendant’s negligence. The injured party was a messenger of the Western Union Telegraph Company, whose duties required him to deliver messages in and about the union depot in Kansas City, Mo., and upon trains arriving and departing from that station, and to bring mail from the post-office, three blocks away.
On the morning of the accident he went to the post-office and received a bag of depot mail. Instead of returning by the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Rush v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1887
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. ParrySupreme Court of Kansas · 1903
- Baltimore City Passenger Ry. Co. v. NugentCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1897
- Williams v. Chicago & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Morris v. . BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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- Galloway v. Hutchinson Interurban Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1916
- Rogers v. DavisIdaho Supreme Court · 1924
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