Mason v. Warner
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. I. Actions for injury to persons or personal property are transitory. (Mostyn v. Eabrigas, Cowp. 161; S. O., 1 Smith’s Lead. Cas. 480 ; Thursby v. Plant, 1 Saund. 237 ; Thrale v. Cornwall, 1 Wils. 165; 1 Chit. PI. 272, 275 ; Bulwer ease, Pt. 7, 4 Coke. 57-62 ; Maurice y. Henry, 7 Taunt. 306; Whitham y. Stains, 2 Bos. & Pul. 354; Rafael v. Yerelst, 2 Wm. Black, 1058 ; Trimby v. Yiguier, 1 Bing., N. C., 151; 2 Bing, N. C., 202.) II.
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Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. I. Actions for injury to persons or personal property are transitory. (Mostyn v. Eabrigas, Cowp. 161; S. O., 1 Smith’s Lead. Cas. 480 ; Thursby v. Plant, 1 Saund. 237 ; Thrale v. Cornwall, 1 Wils. 165; 1 Chit. PI. 272, 275 ; Bulwer ease, Pt. 7, 4 Coke. 57-62 ; Maurice y. Henry, 7 Taunt. 306; Whitham y. Stains, 2 Bos. & Pul. 354; Rafael v. Yerelst, 2 Wm. Black, 1058 ; Trimby v. Yiguier, 1 Bing., N. C., 151; 2 Bing, N. C., 202.) II. The case of Livingston v. Jefferson, 1 Brock. 203, is not applicable to the case at bar. That was an action for trespass upon real…
1Opinion of the CourtDryden, Judge
This is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for alleged injuries to his steamboat, while navigating and descending the Mississippi river, occasioned by certain piers and abutments wrongfully and injuriously erected and maintained by the defendant, and his agents and servants, in and across the said river, between Davenport in Iowa, and Rock Island in Illinois.
The petition distinctly shows that the injuries complained of were not committed within, but beyond the limits of this state. The defendant demurred to the petition, and assigned for cause, “ that the court has no…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Livingston v. JeffersonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Virginia · 1811
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