Dickerson v. Burlington & Missouri River Railroad
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Atchison District Court. Judgment for defendant Railroad Company, at the September term, 1887. The plaintiff Dickerson brings the case here. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Simpson, C.:
This action was originally commenced by Dickerson against the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company in Nebraska, to recover damages for killing stock on its line through the plaintiff’s farm in Atchison county. ' It was commenced before a justice of the peace in the city of Atchison. A summons was issued and returned. The service as shown by the return is as follows: “ Received this writ July 20, 1887; July 20, 1887, served the same by delivering a copy thereof, with the indorsements thereon duly certified, to Mr. Fish, agent of the within railroad company.” The…
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