Legal Opinion

St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. Mossman

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1883PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error from Sedgwick District Court. The facts of this case appear in St. L. & S. F. Ely. Co. v. Mossman, 29 Kas. 694, and in the opinion herein.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was an action brought by John C. Mossman against the St. Louis & San Francisco railway company, under chapter 94 of the railroad stock law of 1874, to recover for'injuries done to two of the plaintiff’s cows by the railway company in the operation of its road. It appears that the company’s railway was constructed through the plaintiff’s land, which is situated in Sedgwick county, Kansas, and that the land itself was inclosed with a lawful fence, but that the railway track was not inclosed by any fence so as to *337separate it from the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Evansville, Indianapolis & Cleveland Straight Line Railroad v. City of EvansvilleIndiana Supreme Court · 1860
  2. Clark v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
  3. Noffzigger v. McAllisterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1873
  4. Ryan v. VargaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
  5. Willis v. SprouleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. McAdams v. LathamSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  2. Osborne v. KimballSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889
  3. McAfee v. WalkerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1910

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