Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. Fox
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Atchison District Court. Action by Fox against The Railroad Company, to recover damages for bodily injuries. The court below, in its instructions to the jury, states the substance of the petition and answer. (Seeposi.) Upon the trial at the June Term, 1883, the plaintiff, Fox, testified among other things, that at the time of the injuries complained of he was in good health, stout, hearty, about thirty years old, and married.
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Error from, Atchison District Court. Action by Fox against The Railroad Company, to recover damages for bodily injuries. The court below, in its instructions to the jury, states the substance of the petition and answer. (Seeposi.) Upon the trial at the June Term, 1883, the plaintiff, Fox, testified among other things, that at the time of the injuries complained of he was in good health, stout, hearty, about thirty years old, and married. Thomas H. Doyle, whose deposition was read on behalf of plaintiffj testified therein as follows: “I am a physician and surgeon, and have been since the year…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action to recover damages on account of certain personal injuries received by Fox, plaintiff below, while engaged in the service of the railroad company, by the alleged negligence of the company and its employes. The evidence in behalf of Fox tended to show that on March 3, 1883, Robert Lovell was the foreman, or boss car, repairer, in the yards of the railroad company at St. Joseph, Mo.; that Harris Harrington was the yard master of the company, and had control of the movement of *595cars at the same place; that Lovell had under…
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