Southern Kansas Railway Co. v. Robbins
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Franklin District Court. Action brought against the Railway Company by Robbins, as administrator of the estate of John F. Patterson, deceased, to recover damages for the benefit of his widow and child. Judgment for the plaintiff, at the October term, 1887, for $5,500. The defendant company brings the case here. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
On June 30, 1886, John F. Patterson was employed in the service of the Southern Kansas Railway Company, as a passenger conductor. At that time a Sunday-school assembly was in session at Ottawa, and the railway company was running excursion trains from several points in *146the state to that place. On the morning of the day mentioned, Patterson went from Ottawa to Lawrence in charge of a passenger train, where it was loaded with excursionists bound for the assembly at Ottawa. On the return trip he stopped at Baldwin City, where there were a…
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