Kyle v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. Action by E. P. Kyle against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, and by G. B. Kyle against the same. Judgments for defendant, and plaintiffs'bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
REED, District Judge.
These cases rest upon the same facts, were consolidated and tried together, are presented to this court on the same record, and may be considered and determined as one case.
The facts as disclosed by the evidence are: That on June 26, 1908, the plaintiffs, who then resided at Magazine, a village or town in Western Arkansas upon the line of defendant’s railroad in that state, received a letter from Wecharty, Okl., that a brother of one of the plaintiffs and uncle of the other, who resided at or near Wecharty, was sick and not expected to live. Upon receipt of this letter,…
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