Craig v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. — Hon. R. Steel Ryors, Judge. (1) This ease does not come within the provisions of the Act of 1911. Laws 1911, p. 139. If that position be not sustained, then respondent urges that the act, in so far as it allows the filing of the bill of exceptions in this case after the time for filing the same had expired under then existing statutes, is void, because (2) the act violates section 15, article 2, of the Constitution of Missouri, which…
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Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. — Hon. R. Steel Ryors, Judge. (1) This ease does not come within the provisions of the Act of 1911. Laws 1911, p. 139. If that position be not sustained, then respondent urges that the act, in so far as it allows the filing of the bill of exceptions in this case after the time for filing the same had expired under then existing statutes, is void, because (2) the act violates section 15, article 2, of the Constitution of Missouri, which provides: “That no ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, or retrospective in its operation, * *…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
December 22, 1907, one George Craig was struck and killed by one of the defendant’s trains near the town of Moselle in Franklin county, Missouri. Said Craig was unmarried and left as his lawful heirs his mother, Nannie Craig, the present ad*273ministra'trix of Ms estate, and plaintiff in the - ease, and some brothers and sisters.
In view of the law, details of the unfortunate accident resulting in George Craig’s death need not be reviewed. Whether these details would reflect upon deceased or the railway becomes a matter wholly immaterial here. Suffice it to say that the mother, Nan-Me Craig, was…
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