Union Trust Co. v. Thomason
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Davis District Court. ACTION brought by Thomason against the Union Trust Company, as trustee of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway company, to recover damages for personal injuries. Trial at the February Term, 1880, of the district court, and judgment for the plaintiff for $2,000 damages and costs. The defendant brings the case to this court. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hobton, C. J.:
This was an action to recover damages for injuries which the defendant in error, William C. Thomason, alleges that he suffered by reason of the negligence of the employés of the Union Trust Company, operating and controlling the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway. In substance, the case of the plaintiff below was this: His evidence conduced to show that he was in the employment of the Trust Company, as a trackman, whose principal duty consisted in repairing the track of the company’s railway. He with several others formed a squad, which…
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