Atchison Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. Plunkett
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Atchison District Court. Action brought by Thos. Plunhett, as- administrator of the estate of Peter Plunkett, deceased, against the Railroad Company, to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant in wrongfully causing the death of said Peter Plunkett. Trial at the June Term, 1879, of' the district court, and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant brings the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought by Thomas Plunkett, administrator of the estate of Peter Plunkett, deceased, against the Atchison, Topeka &' Santa Fé railroad company, for damages alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant in wrongfully causing the death of said Peter Plunkett. The case of the plaintiff (who is now *190defendant in error), as he alleges it, and as he claims to deduce it from the findings of the jury, is substantially as follows:
On the 28th day of June, 1878, Peter Plunkett was killed by being caught between the…
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