Meeh v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

Plaintiff below brought an action against the railway company for personal injuries. At the trial a demurrer to his evidence was sustained by the court. In the answer of the railway company, it alleged that before the commencement of this suit the plaintiff below recovered a judgment for $5000 against defendant in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kansas, upon the same cause of action and for the same wrongs and injuries complained of in the petition in this,case, which judgment remained in full force and effect, and…