Perry v. Saint Joseph & Western Railroad
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Doniphan District Court. At the March Term, 1882, of the district court, the defendant Railroad Company had judgment against plaintiff Perry, as administrator of the estate of Susan B. Snyder, deceased, who brings the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This action was brought by the plaintiff as administrator’of the estate of Susan B. Snyder, deceased, whose death was alleged to have been caused by the carelessness and negligence of the St. Joseph & Western railroad company, and was based upon § 422 of the code.
Upon the demurrer to parts of the answer filed by the defendant, two questions are presented : First, whether the term “estate,” as used in §1, eh. 37, Comp. Laws of 1879, includes a claim for damages for causing the death of the intestate, under §422 of the code; second, if the…
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