Hartman v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Harper district court; Preston B. Gillett, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Marshall, J.:
The plaintiff, Alice Hartman, recovered a judgment in the district court of Harper county, Kansas, against the railway company, for $800 damages for personal injuries caused by being knocked down and run over by a cow which had escaped from a car broken open in a collision. The defendant appeals.
Through the negligence of the defendant, a collision between two freight trains occurred on its road running east and west through the city of Harper. The *185eastbound train was a special, with sixty-three cars, loaded with cattle. As a result of the…
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