St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Moss
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Western District. Aeren Hughes, Judge. statement by the court. This suit was before a justice of the peace, in Clay County, upon the following complaint: “The plaintiff for his cause of action against the defendant states that the defendant is a corporation organized and existing under the law of the State of Missouri, and owning and operating a railroad through the county of Clay, in the State of Arkansas; that on the 15th of July, 1901, this…
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Western District. Aeren Hughes, Judge. statement by the court. This suit was before a justice of the peace, in Clay County, upon the following complaint: “The plaintiff for his cause of action against the defendant states that the defendant is a corporation organized and existing under the law of the State of Missouri, and owning and operating a railroad through the county of Clay, in the State of Arkansas; that on the 15th of July, 1901, this plaintiff placed upon the sidetrack of the.said defendant at Aver switch, a sidetrack of the said railroad company, in…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The complaint failed to state a cause of action' for failure to furnish cars, for the reasons mentioned by St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. CarlLee, 69 Ark. 584. But the latter part of the complaint, towit: — “That said company negligently failed to furnish car aforesaid; that this plaintiff loaded the said bolts in the car that had been ordered by some one else, and, after the said bolts were loaded, the car was negligently permitted to stand upon the sidetrack for the period of five days thereafter; plaintiff states that by reason of negligence of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bush v. CellaSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1889
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1901
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