Chicago, Kansas & Western Railroad v. Pontius
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. Motion to dismiss or affirm. .Pontius brought an action against the railroad company in. the District Court of Dickinson County, Kansas, to recover for injuries sustained by him while in the employment of the company, and obtained judgment for $2000. The case was taken on error to the Supreme Court of the State and the judgment affirmed, whereupon a writ of error was allowed from this court, and, the cause having been…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. Motion to dismiss or affirm. .Pontius brought an action against the railroad company in. the District Court of Dickinson County, Kansas, to recover for injuries sustained by him while in the employment of the company, and obtained judgment for $2000. The case was taken on error to the Supreme Court of the State and the judgment affirmed, whereupon a writ of error was allowed from this court, and, the cause having been docketed, a motion to dismiss the writ or affirm the judgment was submitted. In the opinion of.the Supreme Court of Kansas,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
Section 93, chapter 23, of the General Statutes , of Kansas, (Gen. Stat. Kas. 1889, vol. 1, p. 415,) provides: “Every railroad company, organized or doing business in this State shall be liable for all damages done to any employé of such company in consequence of any negligence of its agents, or by any mismanagement of its engineers or other employes to any persons sustaining such damage.”
In Mo. Pac. Railway Co. v. Mackey, 33 Kansas, 298, the validity of this law was drawn in question on the ground of repugnancy to' the Constitution of the United States and its validity sustained. The case…
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- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. MacKeySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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