Folder 1
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
Summary of Petition in Case of C.W. Avery vs. M.K.and T. Railway Co., July 1898
File — Folder: 1, item: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The majority of the papers concern the case of Charles Walter Avery, a railroad employee represented by Parker vs. the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company of Texas. Avery sued the railway company for negligence after a serious train accident in1898 caused him great injuries. Various documents relating to the case are contained in the collection, including: correspondence between Parke, witnesses, a stenographer, and Avery; summaries of petition; instructions to the jury; a list of...
Dates:
1898 - 1914