Sparks v. Fitzgerald

Citations

• 86 Kan. 628
• 122 P. 98
• 1912 Kan. LEXIS 356

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Negligence — Personal Injuries — Automobile—Venue. The proviso at the end of section 56 of the old code (Laws 1903, ch. 379, § 2), “that actions for damages on account of injuries to person or property may be brought in the county in which the injury occurred” applied only to that part of the section which related to actions against railroad companies, of which the proviso was a part, and an action against an individual operating an automobile, for damages negligently caused to persons or property, was required to be brought where the defendant or some one of the defendants resided or might be summoned.</p>