Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Coltrane
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee district' court; Alston W. Dana, judge. STATEMENT. Ella D. Coltrane recovered a judgment against the defendant for the sum of $1710 for injuries alleged to have been received while a passenger on one of its trains. Defendant prosecutes error.
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Error from Shawnee district' court; Alston W. Dana, judge. STATEMENT. Ella D. Coltrane recovered a judgment against the defendant for the sum of $1710 for injuries alleged to have been received while a passenger on one of its trains. Defendant prosecutes error. The action was begun in the district court of Shawnee county, August 10, 1905. In her petition plaintiff claimed that she was injured on the 27th day of August, 1903, while, a passenger on a train returning from Los Angeles, Cal., to Albuquerque, N. M., her injuries being received while in a Pullman car which was standing on a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Porter, J.:
The case comes here upon a transcript showing the pleadings, instructions, verdict, special findings, judgment and ruling on the motion for judgment on the special findings, without the evidence; and the single question to be determined is whether on the findings the defendant is entitled to a judgment in its favor. The findings show a case in many respects remarkable. The plaintiff claims to have received permanent injuries of a very serious nature, which have' *324affected her brain and nervous system, impaired her memory, and disordered and…
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