Scullin v. Wabash Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. Warwick Hough, Judge. The defendant was entitled, as a matter of right, to file its motion for new trial, and in arrest, after the rendition of the judgment below, and to have such motions heard and determined. By striking these motions from the files, the learned judge below refused to hear them, and thereby denied the defendant the equal protection of the laws.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. Warwick Hough, Judge. The defendant was entitled, as a matter of right, to file its motion for new trial, and in arrest, after the rendition of the judgment below, and to have such motions heard and determined. By striking these motions from the files, the learned judge below refused to hear them, and thereby denied the defendant the equal protection of the laws. Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 16' U. S. (4 Wheat.) 518; McVeigh v. United States, 77 U. S. (11 Wall.) 259; Windsor v. McVeigh, 93 U. S. 274; Hovey v. Elliott, 167 U. S. 409; In re…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, P. J.
On the 17th .day of March, 1900, plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis against the defendant for twenty thousand dollars for personal injuries *4alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of the negligence of defendant. Upon motion of defendant the verdict and judgment was set aside, and a new trial ordered, and from this last order and judgment the plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court, where the judgment was reversed and the cause remanded to the court below, with directions to enter up judgment upon the verdict. The case is reported…
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