Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Adams
Supreme Court of Kansas
Drror from Douglas District Court. Action to recover damages for personal injuries. November 28, 1882, the plaintiff Aclams recovered a judgment for $2,000 against the defendant Railway Company. It brings the case here. The opinion states the material facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
JOHNSTON, J.:
Samantha A. Adams sued the Union Pacific Eailway Company in the district court of Douglas county, to recover for injuries received by her, by being thrown from a spring wagon that was struck by a locomotive of a passenger train operated by defendant on its railroad. It appears that on the 9th day of October, 1880, the plaintiff, in company with Martin Adams, his wife and two daughters, started from the city of Lawrence to go to the home of Martin Adams, in Jefferson county. The team and spring wagon in which they were riding, was driven…
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