Reardon v. St. Louis County
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. I. The petition is sufficient. II. The plaintiff was entitled to recover. (§§ 3 & 4 of “Act concerning damages,” R. C. 1855, p. 648.) III. By the laws applicable to St. Louis county, it is compelled to keep in repair the roads, bridges and highways of certain routes, inter alia, the Bellefontaine road, and, to carry out the purpose, is clothed with the power to borrow money, levy taxes and collect toll.
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Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. I. The petition is sufficient. II. The plaintiff was entitled to recover. (§§ 3 & 4 of “Act concerning damages,” R. C. 1855, p. 648.) III. By the laws applicable to St. Louis county, it is compelled to keep in repair the roads, bridges and highways of certain routes, inter alia, the Bellefontaine road, and, to carry out the purpose, is clothed with the power to borrow money, levy taxes and collect toll. (See act concerning roads and highways; “Volume of Laws applicable to St. Louis county,” § 2, p. 379; § 5, p. 380; .§ 12, p. 381; § 2, p. 386, concerning…
1Opinion of the Court
Wagner, Judge,
delivered, the opinion oí the court.
This is a writ of error to Circuit Court of St. Louis county, which court sustained a demurrer to the plaintiff’s amended petition, and gave judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff alleged in her petition that she is the widow of Daniel Reardon, deceased; that the defendant is a corporation having charge of building, making and keeping in proper repair and condition the roads, turnpikes and public highways of St. Louis county, and particularly of a road known as the Bellefontaine road; that the defendant by various statutes is expressly…
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