Jackson v. Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Sumner District Court. Action by Jackson against the Railroad Company, to recover damages for bodily injuries. At the adjourned April Term, 1882, H.Gr.R., judge pro tern, presiding, the court sustained defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s evidence, overruled plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, and dismissed his action. Of these proceedings he complains, and brings them here. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
*762The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought by William M. Jackson against the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas railroad company, to recover damages for injuries received by him while in the employment of the railroad company as a conductor of one of its construction trains. The plaintiff, alleges in his petition below that these injuries were caused by the negligence of the railroad company. The case was tried before the court and a jury, and after all the plaintiff’s evidence was introduced, the defendant demurred thereto upon the ground that it…
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