Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Dwyer
Supreme Court of Kansas
Ph'ror from Wyandotte District Court. On June 30,1883, John T. Dwyer filed the following petition in the district court of Wyandotte county against The Missouri Pacific Railway Company: “Plaintiff for his cause of action states that the defendant is, and was at the date hereinafter mentioned, a railroad corporation operating, running and maintaining a railroad, and doing business in the state of Kansas from the state line between Missouri and Kansas, at the Missouri river,…
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Ph'ror from Wyandotte District Court. On June 30,1883, John T. Dwyer filed the following petition in the district court of Wyandotte county against The Missouri Pacific Railway Company: “Plaintiff for his cause of action states that the defendant is, and was at the date hereinafter mentioned, a railroad corporation operating, running and maintaining a railroad, and doing business in the state of Kansas from the state line between Missouri and Kansas, at the Missouri river, to Atchison, in said state of Kansas — its said railroad passing and being operated in and through the county of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action brought by John T. Dwyer against the Missouri Pacific Railway Company for for damages forpersonal injuries alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant. The case was tried by the court and a jury, and judgment -was rendered for the plaintiff for ten thousand dollars and costs of suit. From this judgment the defendant prosecutes a writ of error to this court.
The .principal error complained of is, that the court refused *67to sustain the demurrer of the defendant to the evidence of the plaintiff; and also…
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