Legal Opinion

Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Morrow

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1884PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error from Coffey District Court. The opinion states the facts.' Trial at the July Term, 1883, and judgment for plaintiff Morrow, against The Railway Company, for $150 damages and costs. This judgment the defendant company brings here for review.

1Opinion of the Court

*218The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was an action commenced originally by Thomas Morrow against the Missouri Pacific railway company before a justice of the peace of Coffey county, to recover damages alleged to have been caused by the failure and refusal of the railway company to construct proper cattle-guards on such railway where the same entered and left a certain field in the possession of and occupied by the plaintiff, whereby cattle entered his field, injured his crops, and caused him to expend time and labor in protecting his crops. After trial and judgment in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. St. Louis, Wichita & Western Railway Co. v. CurlSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
  2. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. MansonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Abbey v. SchaffSupreme Court of Kansas · 1920
  2. Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fé Railroad v. ShaftSupreme Court of Kansas · 1885
  3. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. BillingsCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1898
  4. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. RickettsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1891
  5. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad v. GrimesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1893

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