Legal Opinion

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Thomas

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided December 1, 1904No. 13,787PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error from Jefferson district court; Marshall Gephart, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Atkinson, J. :

This was an action by Frank S. Thomas, doing business under the firm name and style of M. A. M^ad & Co., of Topeka, Kan., against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, to recover $48,888, damages for the breach of a contract. Verdict and judgment were rendered for plaintiff in the sum of $20,000.

In June, 1896, Frank S. Thomas and one IT. S. Montgomery, with whom he had for the purpose formed a copartnership, in the name of the latter entered into a contract with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company to inaugurate a…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Griffin v. . ColverNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
  2. Howard v. Stillwell & Bierce Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Central Coal & Coke Co. v. HartmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
  4. Masterton v. . Village of Mount VernonNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  5. Cincinnati Siemens-Lungren Gas Illuminating Co. v. Western Siemens-Lungren Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Apperson v. Security State BankSupreme Court of Kansas · 1974
  2. Bales v. Wichita Midland Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1914
  3. Eisenring v. Kansas Turnpike AuthoritySupreme Court of Kansas · 1958
  4. Hogan v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1938
  5. Vaught v. PettyjohnSupreme Court of Kansas · 1919

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