Legal Opinion
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad v. Couch
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 13, 1971No. 42655PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LAVENDER, Justice.
This appeal involves a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant in error, Georgia Couch, Administratrix of the Estate of Otis O. Couch, Deceased, as plaintiff, against the plaintiff in error, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company, a corporation, as defendant, in the principal amount of $60,000.00 as damages for the wrongful death of the said Otis O. Couch.
The defendant will also be referred to herein as “the Katy” and as “the railroad.”
Mr. Couch was an employee of the railroad, and it may reasonably be inferred from the evidence, was engaged in the performance of his…
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