Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. Peavey
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Court. This case bas once before been in this court, and will be found reported in 29 Kansas, 169, and 11 American & English Kailroad Cases, 260, where the pleadings as they then were are set out in full. When the case was formerly here the judgment of the lower court was reversed, and the cause remanded for a new trial.
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Error from Wyandotte District Court. This case bas once before been in this court, and will be found reported in 29 Kansas, 169, and 11 American & English Kailroad Cases, 260, where the pleadings as they then were are set out in full. When the case was formerly here the judgment of the lower court was reversed, and the cause remanded for a new trial. On its return to the court below the defendant, with leave of the court, amended its answer as follows: “And this defendant, for further answer and by way of amendment, and in lieu of the second paragraph of its answer, says that the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought in the district court of Wyandotte county by Joseph Peavey against the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, to recover damages for an alleged injury to the plaintiff, claimed to have been caused by the negligence of John Ellis, a switch engineer in the employment of the defendant. It appears from the record that on August 23, 1879, V. S. Lucas was the yard-master at the defendant’s car repair yards at Armstrong, Kansas; that the plaintiff and Abram Myers were yardmen, brakemen and switchmen at that place; that John…
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- Laning v. . N.Y.C.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. PeaveySupreme Court of Kansas · 1883
- Kroy v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1871
- McQueen v. Central Branch Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883
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