Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. Yanz
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Pottawatomie District Court. The pleadings and proceedings in the court below are fully-stated in the opinion. Yanz recovered judgment, at the February Term 1875, for $30 for a cow killed by defendant’s cars, and $35 attorney-fees, and costs of suit; and the Railway Company brings the case here on error.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought by John Yanz against the Kansas Pacific Railway Company for killing one of the plaintiff’s cows. The act of 1874, (Laws of 1874, pp. 143, 144,) authorizing the recovery of damages and the recovery of attorney-fees in such cases, has already been held by this court to be constitutional and valid. (K. P. Rly. Co. v. Mower, ante, p. 573.) The only question then for us now to consider is, whether under said act, and under the facts of this case, the plaintiff is entitled to recover. The action was commenced in a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dresser v. WoodSupreme Court of Kansas · 1875
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