Grand Avenue Railway Co. v. Lindell Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — HoN. Leeoy B, ValliaNT, Judge. (1) The circuit court was without jurisdiction in the matter. Constitution, art. YI, secs. 1 and 22; State ex rel. v. Walsh, 69 Mo. 408; State ex rel. v. McKee, 69 Mo. 504; St. Louis v. Laughlin, 49 Mo. 559; Ex parte Allis, 12 Ark. 101; State ex rel. v. Anthony, 65 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — HoN. Leeoy B, ValliaNT, Judge. (1) The circuit court was without jurisdiction in the matter. Constitution, art. YI, secs. 1 and 22; State ex rel. v. Walsh, 69 Mo. 408; State ex rel. v. McKee, 69 Mo. 504; St. Louis v. Laughlin, 49 Mo. 559; Ex parte Allis, 12 Ark. 101; State ex rel. v. Anthony, 65 Mo. App. 543; Earley v. Hamilton Co., 126 Ind. 468; Drum v. State, 2 Ark. 229; Rozier v. Williams, 92 Ill. 187; In re Bauer, 112 Mo. 231; State ex rel. v. Woodson, 128 Mo. 497; Tapley v. MePike, 50 Mo. 589; Lamb y. Heim, 56 Mo. 420; Hughes v. Burrois, 85 Mo.…
1Opinion of the Court
GANTT, O. J.
The plaintiff and the defendant are corporations under the laws of Missouri, each owning and operating a street railway in St. Louis. The defendant corporation owns a line with a double track on Grand avenue in' said city between Lucas and Finney avenues, a distance of some fifteen hundred feet, and operates its cars thereon by overhead electric trolley. The plaintiff, on the other hand, is authorized by an ordinance of the city to construct its tracks on Grand Avenue until it reaches that portion of the street occupied by defendant’s tracks, and is authorized to connect its…
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- Kansas City v. Marsh Oil Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- Taylor v. City of CarondeletSupreme Court of Missouri · 1855
- Union Depot Railroad v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Grand Avenue Railway Co. v. People's Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1895
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