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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. McGinnis

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1891PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Error from Barton District Court. Action to recover damages for bodily injuries. Judgment for plaintiff, McGinnis, at the October term, 1888. The defendant Company brings the case here. The opinion states the facts.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Strang, C.:

October 12,1886, Jane McGinnis, desiring to go from Great Bend, in Barton county, to the town of Chase, in Rice county, purchased a ticket at the former for the latter place. She rode on the early passenger train from Great Bend to Ellinwood, where she had to change from the *110main line of plaintiff’s railroad to the M. & M. branch of the same. At Ellin wood'she got on the way-car qí a freight train which carried passengers. The train, which consisted of 14 freight cars and the way-car, left Ellinwood early in the morning, just as day was breaking. It ran out from the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. ArmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. City of Wyandotte v. AganSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887
  3. Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Gulf Rld. v. McHenrySupreme Court of Kansas · 1880
  4. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad v. KierSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Bowman v. DohertySupreme Court of Kansas · 1984
  2. Hoard v. Shawnee Mission Medical CenterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1983
  3. Charlie Stuart Oldsmobile, Inc. v. SmithIndiana Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. Kalen v. Terre Haute & Indianapolis RailroadIndiana Court of Appeals · 1897
  5. Simone v. the Rhode Island CompanySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1907

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