Fuqua v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad

Citations

• 82 Kan. 315
• 108 P. 108
• 1890 Kan. LEXIS 4

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Personal Injuries — Measure of Damages —• Future Disability — Pleading. In an action to recover damages for injury to his person the plaintiff, after sufficiently alleging the negligence of the defendant as the cause of the accident, alleged in his petition that he fell and struck his right side against the edge of the platform of a coach, broke two ribs, and bruised the flesh and lacerated and strained the muscles of his right side; that as a result of such injuries he has suffered Intense pain and mental anguish, and still suffers pain and mental anguish; that as a result of such injuries he received a severe shock to his nervous system, and ever since has been able to sleep but little; that he has ever since been unable to-perform his usual vocation of a traveling salesman, and has been unable to walk or move about without pain and suffering. Held, that such allegations are sufficient to present to-the jury the question of future disability.</p> <p>2. -- Evidence — Verdict and Judgment. The evidence in this case is sufficient to sustain the verdict and the judgment.</p>