St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. Weaver
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Harvey District Court., Action brought by John W. Weaver against The St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Error from Harvey District Court., Action brought by John W. Weaver against The St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries. Trial at the January Term, 1885, when the jury found for the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at $10,-000. In answer to special questions submitted to them, at the request of defendant, the jury made special findings of fact, as follows: “1. What caused the plaintiff’s'injuries complained of in his petition? A. Wreck. “2. If you find that he was injured by a wreck on the defendant’s road, state the cause of the wreck. A.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by This was an action brought in the district court of Harvey county, by John W. Weaver against the St. Louis San Francisco Railway Company, to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant and its employés. A trial was had before the court and a jury, and the jury rendered a general verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant, and assessed the damages at ten thousand dollars, and also made sixty-seven special findings of fact; and upon this general verdict and these special findings of fact,…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Morse v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Alley v. NottSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Lewis v. St. Louis & Iron Mountain RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
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