Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. Cutter
Supreme Court of Kansas
Mror from Riley District Court. Action by Lydia II. Cutter, as administratrix of the estate of Joseph Stewart, deceased, to recover damages sustained by the next of kin of said deceased by reason of his death. The plaintiff was appointed administratrix of said estate by the probate court of Arapahoe county, territory of Colorado.
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Mror from Riley District Court. Action by Lydia II. Cutter, as administratrix of the estate of Joseph Stewart, deceased, to recover damages sustained by the next of kin of said deceased by reason of his death. The plaintiff was appointed administratrix of said estate by the probate court of Arapahoe county, territory of Colorado. Stewart came to his death in Riley county, in this state, while riding as a passenger on the cars of the Railway Company, August 1st 1872, while en route from Kansas City, Mo., to Denver, Colorado; and this action was brought under §422 of the ’civil code, the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
1'merntfhowie" authenticated. This was an action under section 422 of the code, by the personal representative of Joseph Stewart deceased, to recover damages for the death of the deceased caused by the negligence of the company. The first error alleged is in the admission of a record of the probate court of the territory of Colorado, certified to in the name of the clerk by a deputy. It it not claimed that this record as authenticated was admissible under the , „ , ,, viiii j section oí our own statutes applicable thereto, (Gen. Stat. p.…
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