Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. Pointer
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Atchison Eistrict Court. This case was here once before, and is reported in 9 Kas., 620, where a full statement of the pleadings, and of the main facts will be found, pp. 621, 622. On being remanded to the district court, another trial was had, at the June Term 1873. The facts, as proven on this trial, were set forth in a special verdict, which will be found in the opinion, infra.
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Error from, Atchison Eistrict Court. This case was here once before, and is reported in 9 Kas., 620, where a full statement of the pleadings, and of the main facts will be found, pp. 621, 622. On being remanded to the district court, another trial was had, at the June Term 1873. The facts, as proven on this trial, were set forth in a special verdict, which will be found in the opinion, infra. The jury found for the plaintiff, Pointer, and assessed his damages at $5,000. The Railway Company brings the case here on error. 1. The jury, by their 12th finding, found that Pointer’s injury was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This was an action brought by Pointer in the district court of Leavenworth county, for personal injury by being knocked down and run over by the cars of plaintiff in error, near the railroad depot in the city of Leavenworth, *45on the 4th of February, 1870. The venue was changed to Atchison county, and the cause was tried before a court and a jury, in June, 1873, and the jury returned the following special verdict:
“We the jury find for a special verdict in the above entitled action, the following:
“First, That on or before the 4th of February,…
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