Crane v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Jno. P„ Strother, J udge. (1) Plaintiff’s petition does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. Hulett v. Railroal Co., 67 Mo. 239; Mich. Central Railroad Co. v. Smithson, 45 Mich. 212 \ I, B. & W. R. R. Co. v. Flanigan, 77 111. 365 ; Wood on Master and Servant, p. 754, sec. 3S2 ; Id., p.'791, sec. 414; Thompson on Neg., p. 982, sec. 11; Id., p. 1050, sec. 47; Whart. on Neg.
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Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Jno. P„ Strother, J udge. (1) Plaintiff’s petition does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. Hulett v. Railroal Co., 67 Mo. 239; Mich. Central Railroad Co. v. Smithson, 45 Mich. 212 \ I, B. & W. R. R. Co. v. Flanigan, 77 111. 365 ; Wood on Master and Servant, p. 754, sec. 3S2 ; Id., p.'791, sec. 414; Thompson on Neg., p. 982, sec. 11; Id., p. 1050, sec. 47; Whart. on Neg. (2 Ed.) sec. 243a; Toledo, etc., R. R. Co. v. Bla/dc, 88 111. 112; Baldwin v. Chicago, etc., R. R. Co., 50 Iowa, 680; Railroad Co. v. Troesch, 63 111. 545;…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
This cause is before us on defendant’s appeal from a judgment rendered for plaintiff by the circuit court of Pettis county, and as the first and principal point presented is as to the sufficiency of the petition, it is here inserted, and, omitting the formal part of it, it is as follows:
“Plaintiff, for cause of action against the said defendant, states that on the said seventeenth day of November, 1879, he was in the .employ of the defendant, in its yards at Sedalia, in said county and state. The duties of his employment were to ride cars, catch them up, couple them, etc., when trains arrived…
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