Gulf, C. & S. F. R. Co. v. Washington
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
n Error to the United States Court in the Indian Territory. Action by J. R. Washington against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad Company to recover damages for the killing of stock. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Caldwell, Circuit Judge.
This was an action- commenced in the United States court for the third judicial division of the Indian Territory by the plaintiff against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company for the recovery of damages for stock alleged to have been injured and killed by the negligent operation of the defendant’s locomotive engines-and trains. The plainjtiff recovered judgment for $375.72, and the defendant sued out this writ of error. The summons was in proper form, and the court rightly overruled the motion to quash it, because it did not state the nature and amount of the…
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