Whipple ex rel. Whipple v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Douglas District Court. Action brought by Edwin Whipple, an infant, by his next friend, Frank B. Whipple, against the Union Pacific Railway Company, formerly the Kansas Pacific Bailway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries. Trial at the November Term, 1881, of the district court, and verdict and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff brings the case here. The opinion sufficiently states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
On June 15th, 1880, plaintiff in error (plaintiff below) commenced his action against the defendant to recover for personal injuries. The name of defendant as stated in the title to the petition is, “Union Pacific Railway Company, Kansas Division, formerly Kansas Pacific Railway Company.” In the body of the petition it is alleged “that said Union Pacific railway company, Kansas division, formerly Kansas Pacific railway company, defendant, is a railway company* duly organized under the laws of the state of Kansas, and as such corporation was,…
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