Atchison & Nebraska Railroad v. Wagner
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Atohison District Court. Wagner sued the Railroad Company for alleged personal injuries as having occurred in March 1875, in the city of Atchison. Wagner was a day carpenter working in the employ of the American Bridge Company then constructing a bridge across the Missouri river, and was at work in a small board shop put up by said bridge company within four or five feet of the Railroad Company’s railroad track, near the depot and immediately upon the river bank.
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Error from Atohison District Court. Wagner sued the Railroad Company for alleged personal injuries as having occurred in March 1875, in the city of Atchison. Wagner was a day carpenter working in the employ of the American Bridge Company then constructing a bridge across the Missouri river, and was at work in a small board shop put up by said bridge company within four or five feet of the Railroad Company’s railroad track, near the depot and immediately upon the river bank. The front of the shop rested on the earth, and the rear was supported upon posts. One of defendant’s cars got off the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This was an action in the district court of Atchison county to recover damages for personal injuries, in which judgment was rendered in favor of defendant in error. The contest in this court has been conducted with vigor and bitterness. There has been that irritation and suspicion on the part of counsel which is both unfortunate and unpleasant.
*3381-ttons!fprepa-’ ration of. *337Passing by all the personal allusions and complaints in the briefs, we shall consider simply the legal questions involved. And at the threshold we find on the part of the…
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