Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Holcomb
Supreme Court of Kansas
M-ror from Miami District Court. Action to recover damages for bodily injuries. The facts are fully stated in the opinion. Verdict for the plaintiff Holcomb, at the February term, 1888, for $5,000 damages. New trial denied, and judgment given for the plaintiff. The defendant Company comes to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Simpson, C.:
Catherine A. Holcomb brought her action against the Missouri Pacific Railway Company to recover damages for personal injuries occasioned, as she alleges, by the negligent, careless and unskillful management of the train upon which she was a passenger. These personal injuries consisted in a fracture of the upper part of the thigh bone, and other serious wounds, caused by the sudden and violent jerking of the car in which she was riding as it started from the station, throwing her with great violence out of her seat and upon the floor, thus producing the injuries…
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