Arkansas Southwestern Railway Co. v. Dickinson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court; James S. Steel, Judge; STATEMENT BY TITU COURT. Appellee sued appellant on the following: “REWARD. “One thousand dollars reward will be paid upon the arrest and conviction of any person or persons found maliciously, without regard to the lives of employees or passengers, placing obstructions upon the track, changing switches, etc., for the purpose of causing derailments or wrecks. “Arkansas Southwestern Ry. Co. “J. J. Kress, Manager.”
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Appeal from Polk Circuit Court; James S. Steel, Judge; STATEMENT BY TITU COURT. Appellee sued appellant on the following: “REWARD. “One thousand dollars reward will be paid upon the arrest and conviction of any person or persons found maliciously, without regard to the lives of employees or passengers, placing obstructions upon the track, changing switches, etc., for the purpose of causing derailments or wrecks. “Arkansas Southwestern Ry. Co. “J. J. Kress, Manager.” Appellee alleged: “That said reward was offered by posting same along the tracks and at the depot houses of the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) 1. Appellant contends that it did not offer the reward. The proof showed that one who had acted for more than three years under the title and in the capacity of general manager of the road, with the knowledge of the president, had posted the reward. He had received the card offering the reward by express from the office of the vice-president in St. Louis, with instructions to post same. This was done at every station, and the president of the road passed over it as often as every ten days.
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- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. CheathamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway v. BennettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1890
- Furlow v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
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