Connelly v. Illinois Central Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Matt G. Reynolds, Judge. ■ (1) Instruction No. 3 for respondent is erroneous: (a) Because it assumes and takes it for granted or admitted by appellant that tbe Southern Railroad Company was in possession of tbe car between Winona and West Point, wbicb is not the case. Cole v. Long, 1 Mo. App. 315; Dulaney v. Sugar Co., 42 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Matt G. Reynolds, Judge. ■ (1) Instruction No. 3 for respondent is erroneous: (a) Because it assumes and takes it for granted or admitted by appellant that tbe Southern Railroad Company was in possession of tbe car between Winona and West Point, wbicb is not the case. Cole v. Long, 1 Mo. App. 315; Dulaney v. Sugar Co., 42 Mo. App. 662; Chouquette v. Barada, 23 Mo. 331; Meritt v. Given, 34 Mo. 98; Turner v. Loler, 34 Mo. 461; Moffatt v. Conklin, 35 Mo. 453. Sawyer v. Railroad, 37 Mo. 240; Thompson v. Botts, 8 Mo. 710; Linn v. Bridge Co., 78 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
This cause urns reviewed by us before on questions different from those now presented. A report of the former decision will be found in 120 Mo. App. 652; but it will help the reader to restate the principal facts. The action counts on the common law liability of a carrier and was brought to recover for damage. done to appellant’s household furniture while in transit from Jackson, Mississippi, to East St. Louis, Illinois, over three railroad companies; the respondent, the Illinois Central Company, The Southern Railroad Company and the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company. The goods were received by…
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