Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Barber
Supreme Court of Kansas
Frror from, Morris District Court. The opinion contains a sufficient statement of the case. Judgment for the plaintiff Barber, at the April term, 1888, for $4,000 damages. The defendant Company brings the case to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Simpson, C.:
This suit was commenced on the 22d day of February, 1887, in the district court of Morris county, by Mary A. Barber, administratrix of the estate of J. F. Barber, deceased, to recover damages against the Missouri Pacific Railway Company for the death of the said J. F. Barber, caused by the wrongful acts of the railway company. The petition alleges that the intestate, at the time of his death, left surviving him as his next of kin this plaintiff, who was and is his mother. The first question raised is that the petition does not state a cause of action. This question was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gutridge v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887
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