Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Lannigan
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Johnson District Court. Action by Patrick B. Lannigan against The Atchison, Topeka.& Santa Fe Railroad Company to recover damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff recovered judgment and defendant brings the case to this court. All the material facts are stated in the opinion herein, filed November 9, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
*111The opinion of the court was delivered by
Allen, J.: The defendant in error, who. was plaintiff below, was employed as a brakeman on the railroad operated by the defendant, on a freight-train running between Argentine, Kan., and Marceline, Mo. At 2 o’clock in the morning of March 3, 1890, at Norborne, Mo., his right hand was crushed between the dead-woods of two freight-cars, which he was coupling. This action was prosecuted to recover damages for the injury then received. The petition is very long, and alleges many acts of negligence as grounds of recovery, but at the opening of the trial the…
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