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KANSAS CITY, FORT SCOTT AND MEMPHIS RAILROAD v. DAUGHTRY

No. 1361.

138 U.S. 298 (1891)

11 S.Ct. 306

34 L.Ed. 963

KANSAS CITY, FORT SCOTT AND MEMPHIS RAILROAD COMPANY, v. DAUGHTRY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 2, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Luke E. Wright and Mr. George Gantt for the motion.

Mr. Wallace Pratt opposing.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action commenced in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, by R.S. Daughtry as administrator of John W. Daughtry, deceased, against the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad Company and the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad Company on the 16th of August, 1888, for the recovery of damages for the death of John W. Daughtry, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence...

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