A. T. & S. F. Rld. Co. v. Brown
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Lyon District Court. Action brought by Joseph Brown, as administrator of the estate of William Haas, deceased, against the Railroad Company, to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant in wrongfully causing the death of said Haas.
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Error from Lyon District Court. Action brought by Joseph Brown, as administrator of the estate of William Haas, deceased, against the Railroad Company, to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant in wrongfully causing the death of said Haas. Trial at the March Term, 1881, of the district court, when the jury made certain special findings of fact, and rendered a verdict for plaintiff for $10,000. The court refused to give defendant a judgment upon the special findings, but granted it a new trial. Both parties bring error to this court. The opinion states…
1Opinion of the Court
*454The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
Upon a general statement of this case, the facts are as follows: One Wm. Haas was in the employ of the plaintiff in error as a yard switchman in the city of Emporia, in November, 1879, and on the 17th of that month was, while attempting to make a coupling of two freight cars, killed. His administrator brings this action against the company in behalf of the next of kin, and seeks to recover, claiming that the injury resulted from the negligence of the company. The case went to a jury, which returned special findings of fact, and a verdict in…
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