Abell v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Clark district court; Littleton M. Day, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was. delivered by. Johnston, C. J.:
This was an action by F. M. Abell against the Atchison, Topeka. & Santa Fe Railway Company to recover damages for injuries to his cattle shipped by the defendant from Magdalena, N. M., to Ashland, Kan.
Two causes of action were alleged: one for injuries caused when the cattle stampeded and broke out of the defendant’s defective stock pen at Magdalena before they were loaded upon the defendant’s cars; the other cause of action, for injuries caused by delay in transportation. The principal defense of the railway company was that the…
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