Legal Opinion
Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. McCormick
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided January 15, 1878PublishedCited by 15 opinions
Error from Saline District Court. The district court, at the May Term 1876, sustained a motion to make plaintiff’s petition more definite and certain; and from such ruling, and the judgment thereon, plaintiff appeals, and brings the case here on error.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
Plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, filed its petition containing two causes of action. The first cause is thus stated:
“The plaintiff shows to the court, that the plaintiff was on the 1st of October 1867, and long previous thereto, and still is a railroad corporation, duly incorporated under the laws of Kansas, and owning and operating a railroad through the counties of Saline, Ellsworth, Russell, and Ellis, in Kansas. On or about the 1st of October 1867, the plaintiff engaged the defendant, and the defendant hired himself to the plaintiff…
2Cited by15 opinions
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