Botts v. Wabash Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court. — Eon. James D. Barnett, Judge. Transferred to St. Louis Court of Appeals. STATEMENT BY THE COURT.
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Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court. — Eon. James D. Barnett, Judge. Transferred to St. Louis Court of Appeals. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Plaintiffs were the joint owners of eighty-three hogs which they delivered to the St. Louis & Hannibal Railway at its station in Perry, Ralls county, Missouri, on the 21st day of March, 1907, and received from that corporation a shipping contract, whereby it was agreed that the hogs “together with the party or parties in charge thereof should be transported to Gilmore, Missouri,” that being the terminus of the line of said railway; that the shipment was subject…
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diction:*'const!tutionai Question: Colorable. (After stating the facts as above). — An examination of the entire record discloses that the theory of appellant on the trial below was, that no' jurisdiction was acquired over it by the service °f process in this case, for the reason that ft had no railroad or business office in Au- . ..... . dram county, where this action was bet gun, and that the statute (R. S. 1909, sec. 5446) which *60provides that suits against one or more connecting carriers may be prosecuted in any county in this State in which a suit against either of them might be…
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