Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad v. Lane
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Miami District Court. Action brought by Lane against The Railroad Company, to recover damages for the alleged negligent killing of two cows belonging to the plaintiff. Trial at the May Term, 1884, and judgment for plaintiff for $100 and costs. The defendant brings the case here. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
JOHNSTON, J.:
This action was brought by George W. Lane against the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Eailroad Company, to recover damages for the alleged negligent killing of two cows belonging to the plaintiff, on the 8th day of December, 1882, at a point near the city of Paola, in Miami county, where the defendant’s railroad crosses a public highway. It was alleged by the plaintiff that the cows were struck and killed by the defendant’s locomotive and passenger train, which was going-north at a high rate of speed, and that the railroad track for a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lane v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
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