Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Harris
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Leavenworth District Court. Action brought July 29, 1883, by Harris agaiust The Union Pacific Railway Company, to recover for a personal injury.
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Error from, Leavenworth District Court. Action brought July 29, 1883, by Harris agaiust The Union Pacific Railway Company, to recover for a personal injury. The petition, omitting court and title, was as follows: “The plaintiff, a citizen of Kansas, complains of the defendant, and avers that the defendant is a corporation existing under and by virtue of law; and plaintiff avers that the said Union Pacific Railway Company, Kansas division, owns and operates a railway, cars, locomotives and engines over its road through the county of Leavenworth, state of Kansas, and is doing business in said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
HobtoN, C. J.:
The petition in this case alleged that the plaintiff, at the time of the injury complained of, was in the employ of the railway company and about its business in repairing its track in Leavenworth county, in this state. The speciaFfindings also show that the plaintiff and his coémployés were section-men, engaged at work upon the railway of defend*419ant, as alleged in the petition; that it was their duty'in repairing the track to take the old rails out of the track and put in new ones; that the plaintiff was injured by the negligence of his…
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- Deppe v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1872
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. HaleySupreme Court of Kansas · 1881
- Ditberner v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
- Smith v. B., C. R. & N. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1882
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