Legal Opinion

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. Roach

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1886PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error from Reno 'District Court. Action brought by Roach against The Railroad Company,, to recover the value of certain baggage. , Trial at the September Term, 1884, and judgment for plaintiff for $227.32. The defendant company brings' the case to this court. The opinion .'states the material facts.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

*743„ , 1. Kiulroarl com-over"¿onnect-l ing imea. *741This action was brought by Michael Roach against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Eé Railroad Company, to recover for baggage alleged to have been lost and injured while in transit from New York city to Hutchinson, Kansas. A verdict was given in favor of Roach for $227.32, and judgment renderéd'accordingly. The railroad company brings the case here, and' complains of the charge of the court and of the insufficiency of the evidence. The essential facts of the case may be briefly stated: On February…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Illinois Central Railroad v. CopelandIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
  2. Insurance Co. v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
  3. Candee v. Pennsylvania RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1867
  4. Hartan v. Eastern RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  5. Ellsworth v. TarttSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Davis v. Jacksonville Southeastern LineSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
  2. Peterson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1890
  3. Wichita & Western Railway Co. v. KochSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892
  4. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. TwissNebraska Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Kindley v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1909

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