La Crosse Lumber Co. v. Chicago & Alton Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Error to Louisiana Court of Common Pleas. — Hon. William T. Ragland, Judge. (1) The petition should be'construed against the pleader. Sexton v. Railroad Co., 98 Mo. App. 50; Malline v. Nemnich, 160 Mo. 388; Price v. Mining Co., 83 Mo. 470. (2) Every- fact that must be proven must be alleged. Pier v. Heinrichoffen, 52 Mo. 255; Lanitz v. King, 93 Mo. 513; Sidway v. Live Stock Co., 163 Mo. 342. (3) An assignee stands in the shoes of his assignor.
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Error to Louisiana Court of Common Pleas. — Hon. William T. Ragland, Judge. (1) The petition should be'construed against the pleader. Sexton v. Railroad Co., 98 Mo. App. 50; Malline v. Nemnich, 160 Mo. 388; Price v. Mining Co., 83 Mo. 470. (2) Every- fact that must be proven must be alleged. Pier v. Heinrichoffen, 52 Mo. 255; Lanitz v. King, 93 Mo. 513; Sidway v. Live Stock Co., 163 Mo. 342. (3) An assignee stands in the shoes of his assignor. Hip-well v. Surety Co., 105 N. W. (Ia.) 318; Broadwell v. Imms, 70 So. (Ala.) 294. (4) The petition does not state a cause of action, because plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDS; P. J.-
For cause of action the petition in this case, after averring the incorporation of plaintiff and defendant, states ‘Ghat in°or about the early part *548of the year 1913, defendant employed- the Farney-Massman Construction Company, a company then engaged in the general construction business, to reconstruct for defendant a certain guide pier, break-water or ice breaker, at the city of Louisiana, Missouri, which forms a part of defendant’s railroad, and adjoins its railroad bridge over which defendant’s said line of railroad crosses the Mississippi River at said last named city. And…
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