Mo. River, Fort Scott & Gulp Rld. v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Johnson District Court. Action brought by James Wilson and Robert Keith to recover for damages done to certain goods and merchandise while in the possession and custody of the Railroad Company as a common carrier. The petition alleged that the defendant (the Railroad Company) “ entered into an agreement in writing, subscribed by the defendant by its agent, J. W. Watkins, thereto lawfully and duly authorized.”
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Error from Johnson District Court. Action brought by James Wilson and Robert Keith to recover for damages done to certain goods and merchandise while in the possession and custody of the Railroad Company as a common carrier. The petition alleged that the defendant (the Railroad Company) “ entered into an agreement in writing, subscribed by the defendant by its agent, J. W. Watkins, thereto lawfully and duly authorized.” And the petition set out said agreement as follows: “ Mo. Riv., Ft. S. & Gulp Rld., Paola, July 1,1869.. “Received from S. Hutchinson & Co. as consignors the articles marked,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
The record of this case presents only two-exceptions taken to. the rulings of the court below: one by the plaintiffs, and the other by the defendants. The exception taken by the defendants (plaintiffs in error,) was an exception to the decision of the court on overruling their motion for a new trial. A motion for a new trial was made on the following grounds, to-wit: *111words were inserted at the instance of thé defend-an£Sj an(j against the objections of the plaintiffs, to-wit: “The foregoing is all the evidence introduced on the trial of…
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