Legal Opinion
Russell v. Considine
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided November 10, 1917No. 20,788PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Appeal from Chautauqua district court; Allison T. Ayres, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
DAWSON, J.:
The plaintiffs brought this action for damages against the defendants for the poisoning of a large number of cattle in the Santa Fe stockyards at Elgin, in Chautauqua county. Plaintiffs shipped several trainloads of cattle from Texas through Fort Worth to Elgin, Kansas, to be pastured in northern Oklahoma, near Elgin. Several hundred of these *632cattle arrived in Elgin on á rainy and stormy night in April, 1914. They were unloaded that night and kept in a pen next to the unloading chutes. The pen was supplied with water troughs and water. Next…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. McGill v. GerhardsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917
3Cited by9 opinions
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- Custer v. RoyseSupreme Court of Kansas · 1919
- Windus v. BodeckerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1931
- Starkweather v. DunlapSupreme Court of Kansas · 1918
- Phillips v. Commercial National BankSupreme Court of Kansas · 1925
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