Westmoreland Specialty Co. v. Missouri Glass Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Row. Hugo Muench, Judge. The trial court, having ruled that plaintiff was entitled to sue in the State court and that the statute forbidding pools, trusts, conspiracies and discriminations, did not apply to this case, but that plaintiff was not entitled to recover under the act of Congress; this was not a ruling whereby there was drawn in question the validity of the act of Congress.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Row. Hugo Muench, Judge. The trial court, having ruled that plaintiff was entitled to sue in the State court and that the statute forbidding pools, trusts, conspiracies and discriminations, did not apply to this case, but that plaintiff was not entitled to recover under the act of Congress; this was not a ruling whereby there was drawn in question the validity of the act of Congress. The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State in such cases and where the amount involved therein is less than seventy-five hundred dollars applies only where the…
1Opinion of the Court
BOND, C.
Plaintiff, a foreign corporation, sued defendant, a home corporation, before a justice of the peace for the price of goods. The amount claimed to be due whs $346.31. Defendant filed a formal answer containing a general denial and the further defense that the plaintiff was a corporation under the laws of Pennsylvania and was not authorized to transact business in this State at the time of sale and delivery of the goods to defendant, and hence could not maintain this suit; and for further defense alleged that at the time of the sale of said goods plaintiff was a member of an illegal…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- International Text-Book Co. v. GillespieSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
- United Shoe Machinery Co. v. RamloseSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
- Carlisle v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1902
- Robert C. White Live Stock Commission Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- Vaughn v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Fish v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1914
- Westmoreland Specialty Co. v. Missouri Glass Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1912
- State v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1917