Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Haley

Error from Wyandotte District Court. ACTION brought by Wo ten Haley, as administrator of the estate of William Deal, to recover damages sustained by two minor children of the deceased. Trial at the July Term, 1879, of the district court, when the plaintiff asked the court to instruct the jury as follows: “1st. That the law of this state provides that ‘every railroad company organized or doing business in this state shall be liable for all damages done to any employé of such company, in consequence of any negligence of its agents, or by any mismanagement of its engineers or other employés, to…