Wiggins Ferry Co. v. Chicago & Alton Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (1) . Cars crossed by bridge during ice blockades are excepted by tbe contract and not chargeable against defendant. (2) Wabash cars crossed by the Madison County Perry Company when the St. Charles bridge was down were crossed by procurement of the Wabash Railroad Company anddelivered to defendant at Venice by the consent of plaintiff and should not be charged against defendant.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (1) . Cars crossed by bridge during ice blockades are excepted by tbe contract and not chargeable against defendant. (2) Wabash cars crossed by the Madison County Perry Company when the St. Charles bridge was down were crossed by procurement of the Wabash Railroad Company anddelivered to defendant at Venice by the consent of plaintiff and should not be charged against defendant. (3) Cars sent across by the Missouri Pacific Railroad and other western roads, were delivered to defendant by the bridge company at Bridge…
1Opinion of the Court
DIVISION ONE.
Black, P. J. —
The plaintiff, the Wiggins Ferry Company, is a corporation created under the laws of "the state of Illinois; and the defendant is a railroad corporation organized under the laws of the same ■state. The ferry company owned a tract of land in that state, opposite the city of St. Louis, having a front of two and one half miles on the Mississippi river, including in such front Bloody Island. It has, ■and during all the time in question had, the exclusive right to operate a steam ferry from any point or points •on its river front to the city of St. Louis. The de*239.fendant…
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