Robinson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
’ Appeal from Phillips district court; William S. Langmade, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mason, J.:
J. A. Robinson, a resident of Colorado, in January, 1909, left Denver upon a freight train, accompanying a shipment of live stock and goods over the Rock Island railroad to Apache, Okla. At Phillipsburg, in this state, some switching was done, in the course of which the car containing his property was severely jolted. Shortly afterwards he was found dead in the car, bruises upon his head showing that he was killed by some violent means. In January, 1911, an action was brought against the company by his widow, charging his death to have been…
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