Legal Opinion

Calvin v. Schaff

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided April 11, 1925No. 25,216PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

The action was one for damages resulting from the death of John Wesley Calvin, which occurred in a collision between an automobile in which he was riding and one of defendant’s passenger trains. The plaintiffs recovered and defendant appeals.

This is a second appeal to this court. When here before the judgment was reversed because of an error by the trial court in instructing the jury with reference to the time of sunset. (See 113 Kan. 103, 213 Pac. 814.) The facts, briefly, were as follows:

The deceased operated a sawmill at Richards, Mo., a…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Morrow v. BonebrakeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911
  2. Becke v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  3. Gorton v. HarmonMichigan Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Burling v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
  5. Fort Smith & Western Railway Co. v. MessekSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Kendrick v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1958
  2. Harvey v. GardnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1949
  3. Moore v. ConnellySupreme Court of Kansas · 1925
  4. Smith v. Tri-County Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1926
  5. Riggs ex rel. Riggs v. Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1930

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