Gorman v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. George E. Shields, Judge. (1) Defendant railroad’s solid embankment across Aurora avenue, totally obstructing’ it, is a public nuisance which, the city did not and could not authorize.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. George E. Shields, Judge. (1) Defendant railroad’s solid embankment across Aurora avenue, totally obstructing’ it, is a public nuisance which, the city did not and could not authorize. Lackland v. Railroad, 31 Mo. 180; Lockwood v. Railroad, 122 Mo. 86; Knapp, Stout & Co. v. Railroad, 126 Mo. 37; State ex rel. v. Murphy, 134 Mo. 562; Corby v. Railroad, 150 Mo. 457; Sluder v. Transit Co., 189 Mo. 130; State ex rel. v. Railroad, 206 Mo. 261; Morie' v. Transit Co., 116 Mo. App. 12; Donner v. Railroad, 133 Mo. App. 527. (2) As plaintiff’s property…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, C.
This suit was commenced in the circuit court for the city of St. Louis, December 28, 1909. The amended petition filed January 17, 1910, is, caption and signature omitted, as follows:
“Plaintiff by leave of court files this, her amended petition, and states that the defendant Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company is and was at all the times hereinafter mentioned a railroad corporation and the defendant city of St. Louis is a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Missouri; that plaintiff is the widow of Francis Gorman, who died at the city of St. Louis…
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