Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Estes
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Court. This case was tried by a jury, at the December Term, 1886, of the district court of Wyandotte county. The material facts are stated in the opinion and in the special findings of the jury.
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Error from Wyandotte District Court. This case was tried by a jury, at the December Term, 1886, of the district court of Wyandotte county. The material facts are stated in the opinion and in the special findings of the jury. The plaintiff asked the court to instruct the jury as follows: “1. It was the duty of the defendant company to provide and furnish its employés, among whom was this plaintiff, with a suitable and safe road, engines, cars, and appliances for conducting the business, and to select competent and reliable servants to use and operate the same; and the defendant is liable for…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Simpson, C.:
On the 1st day of August, 1883, William H. Estes, aged twenty years, at his solicitation was employed by S. W. Parr, foreman of the round-house of the shops of the Union Pacific Railway Company at Armstrong, Wyandotte county, to work for the company. Before this time, Estes had worked for a short time for the company in the boiler shops. Before his employment by the plaintiff in error he had worked for about three months in the yards of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company as a helper to a hostler. He was assigned to the night watch, commencing at six o’clock each…
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