Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad v. Morrison
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Labette District Court. On March 2, 1884, William Morrison filed his petition against The Kansas dty, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company, in the district court of Labette county, to recover $495.12, with interest thereon from February 8, 1884, the alleged value of certain wearing apparel and tools.
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Error from Labette District Court. On March 2, 1884, William Morrison filed his petition against The Kansas dty, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company, in the district court of Labette county, to recover $495.12, with interest thereon from February 8, 1884, the alleged value of certain wearing apparel and tools. The petition also averred that the railroad company was a corporation operating a railroad from Fort Scott to Parsons, and was a carrier of passengers between those points on February 8, 1884, and subsequent thereto; that the plaintiff on said date was a watchmaker and jeweler, and that…
1Opinion of the Court
Horton, C. J.:
The evidence introduced upon the trial on the part of plaintiff below shows he purchased a ticket at Fort Scott for Parsons, on February 8,1884, of the agent of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company; that he checked his trunk for Parsons a half-hour before the train started; that he arrived at Parsons at 7 o’clock of that day, and on his arrival asked the baggageman at the railroad depot if his baggage had come, and was informed it had not; that on the next day he again inquired of the depot agent about his baggage, and was again told it had not arrived; that on…
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