Inter-State Consolidated Rapid Transit Railway Co. v. Fox
Supreme Court of Kansas
Drror from Wyandotte District Court. Action brought by Wilson H. Fox, as administrator of the estate of J. M. Hite, deceased, against the Inter-State Consolidated Rapid Transit Railway Company, to recover damages for wrongfully causing the death of Hite.
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Drror from Wyandotte District Court. Action brought by Wilson H. Fox, as administrator of the estate of J. M. Hite, deceased, against the Inter-State Consolidated Rapid Transit Railway Company, to recover damages for wrongfully causing the death of Hite. Trial at the November term, 1887; verdict for plaintiff for $9,000; new trial denied, upon condition that the plaintiff remit one-half of the verdict; said condition being accepted, judgment for $4,500 was rendered for the plaintiff. The defendant brings the case to this court. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion- by
Clogston, C.:
This action was brought in the district court of Wyandotte county, to recover for the death of J. M. Hite, who was run over and killed by a train of cars on the Inter-State Consolidated Rapid Transit Railway Company’s road, on the 21st day of October, 1886. At the time of the accident, Hite was employed as a carpenter in the construction of what is known as the Splitlog trestle, and had been so at work for about five months. He was working immediately under E. T. Allen, a contractor under the Inter-State Construction Company, who had contracted to build the i’oad,…
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