Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Morrow
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Coffey District Court. The opinion states the case. At the July Term, 1885, plaintiff Morrow recovered judgment for $25 damages, $25 attorney’s fee, and costs, against the defendant Railway Company. It brings this judgment here for reversal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Holt, C.:
Defendant in error, 8. A. Morrow, brought her action against plaintiff in error, defendant below, claiming damages for injuries to a cow run over by the locomotive and cars of the defendant, and also judgment for attorney’s fees. Defendant did not appear at the trial in justice’s court, but took an appeal to the district court. It made no appearance in that court.
Defendant claims that the bill of particulars is not sufficient in law to uphold a judgment. Plaintiff’s bill of particulars avers that her cow, without fault or negligence on her part, strayed in and upon the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, & Cleveland Railroad v. PettyIndiana Supreme Court · 1868
3Cited by2 opinions
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