Yontz v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Moniteau Circuit Court. — Eon. J. G. Slate, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, P. J.
Plaintiff shipped over defendant’s road a car load of corn of No. 2 grade from Omaha, Nebraska, to Speed, Missouri. It arrived at the latter point in an injured and damaged condition and was graded No. 3, which resulted in a loss for which he recovered judgment in the circuit court.
Plaintiff chose to plead two specific acts of negligence which he charges damaged the corn and reduced its marketable grade. No contract was pleaded. The first was that defendant negligently placed the corn in “a broken and defective car” at Omaha. The second was that in transferring at Kansas City, from the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Orcutt v. Century Building Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- McGrath v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Witting v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Price v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Read v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Cudahy Packing Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1916
- Keithley v. LuskMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
- Buschow Lumber Co. v. Union Pacific RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1925
- Wentworth Fruit Growers Ass'n v. American Railway Express Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1928
- Snowden v. Tremont & G. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
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