Central Branch Union Pacific Rld. v. Henigh
Supreme Court of Kansas
Eh'ror from Atchison District Court. Action brought by David Henigh, as administrator of the estate of Charles W. Henigh, deceased, against The Central Branch Union Pacific Bid. Co., to recover $10,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained by reason of the death of said Charles W. Henigh, whose death was alleged to have been caused through the negligence of the said railroad company. The facts, pleadings and proceedings sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Eh'ror from Atchison District Court. Action brought by David Henigh, as administrator of the estate of Charles W. Henigh, deceased, against The Central Branch Union Pacific Bid. Co., to recover $10,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained by reason of the death of said Charles W. Henigh, whose death was alleged to have been caused through the negligence of the said railroad company. The facts, pleadings and proceedings sufficiently appear in the opinion. Trial at the March Term, 1878, of the district court, and verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $600 damages, and for costs. New trial…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought in the district court of Atchison county, by the defendant in error, as administrator of the estate of Charles W. Henigh, deceased, against the plaintiff in error, to recover the sum of $10,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained by reason of the death of said Charles W. Henigh, an infant of the age of four years eight months and a few days, which death is alleged to have been caused through the negligence of the said plaintiff in error. _ The petition of the plaintiff below defendant in error) sets forth…
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