Trimble v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — How. J. H. Slover, Judge. The Southern Company is not liable for the debts of the Gulf Company or of the Belt Company upon the theory of a consolidation of these companies. R. S. 1909, secs. 1059, 1061; Harriman v. Securities Co., 197 U. S. 244; State ex rel. v. Leseur, 145 Mo. 322; Railroad y. Missouri, 152 U. S. 301; Burge v. Railroad, 100 Mo. App. 464; Dicky v. Railroad, 122 Mo. 223; Holton v. Railroad, 25 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — How. J. H. Slover, Judge. The Southern Company is not liable for the debts of the Gulf Company or of the Belt Company upon the theory of a consolidation of these companies. R. S. 1909, secs. 1059, 1061; Harriman v. Securities Co., 197 U. S. 244; State ex rel. v. Leseur, 145 Mo. 322; Railroad y. Missouri, 152 U. S. 301; Burge v. Railroad, 100 Mo. App. 464; Dicky v. Railroad, 122 Mo. 223; Holton v. Railroad, 25 Mo. App. 322; Hagemann v. Railroad, 202 Mo. 249; Pullman Co. y. Railroad, 115 U. S. 587; Peterson v. Railroad, 205 U. S. 364; Hoard v. Railroad, 123…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION.
BOND, J.
(After stating the facts as above).— In the view we take of this case it will be unnecessary to rule upon the chief conteiitions of appellant’s counsel, to-wit: (1) That the acquisition by appellant of the property of the Gulf Company and ultimately of the property of the Belt Company, and the purchase by appellant of the stocks and bonds of the Port Arthur Company, were not a statutory consolidation under section 3077 of the present revision; (2) that the degrees of foreclosure and conveyance to appellant thereunder, or the participancy of the individual plaintiffs in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Trimble v. Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- Trimble v. Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Trimble v. Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906