Legal Opinion

Roebuck v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 6, 1917No. 20,583PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from Montgomery district court; Thomas J. Flannelly, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

*546The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court overruling defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s petition. The action was to, recover damages in the sum of $22,460 for the death of plaintiff’s husband, Charles Roebuck, a section foreman in its employ, who was killed by Jose Negreta, a Mexican, employed in Roebuck’s section gang.

The petition alleges that Charles Roebuck died as a result of being stabbed on the 24th day of June, 1915, by one Jose Negreta; that both men were at that time in the employ of the defendant within the scope of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Mott v. . Consumers' Ice CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  3. Morier v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
  4. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. DayTexas Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Kemp v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1914

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Murray v. Modoc State BankSupreme Court of Kansas · 1957
  3. Tatham v. Wabash RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1952
  4. George Copeland v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
  5. Crim v. Louisville N. R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1921

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