Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Brown
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Lyon district court; Frederick A. Meckel, judge. STATEMENT. A. W. Brown was in the employ of the defendant railway company as a brakeman. It seems that on his run the company had a detective, garbed as a tramp, who rode from Florence to Newton on the train upon which Brown was employed.
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Error from Lyon district court; Frederick A. Meckel, judge. STATEMENT. A. W. Brown was in the employ of the defendant railway company as a brakeman. It seems that on his run the company had a detective, garbed as a tramp, who rode from Florence to Newton on the train upon which Brown was employed. This detective reported to the trainmaster of the company that Brown had received from him forty cents as fare for riding between those stations and had appropriated the same to his own use. Brown was called before the trainmaster at Newton, under whom he was employed, and informed of the charge and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Smith, J.:
It is not contended that'the judgment is excessive or that it is not supported by sufficient evidence, if the law (chapter 144 of the Laws of 1897) is valid. The statute requires the employer, upon the request of a discharged employee, to furnish in writing the true cause or reason for such discharge. The railway company did not meet this requirement. Its “serv*314ice-letter,” as it is called, stated only that Brown was discharged “for cause.” This is not a statement of “the cause” or of any cause.
It is also alleged that the service-letter was…
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