Vanderberg v. Kansas City, Missouri, Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Mon. J. D. Sloven, Judge. This court has no jurisdiction. The amount in dispute is insufficient. The amount in dispute is not determined by the prayer of the petition, but by the record.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Mon. J. D. Sloven, Judge. This court has no jurisdiction. The amount in dispute is insufficient. The amount in dispute is not determined by the prayer of the petition, but by the record. State, etc., v. Gilmore, 106 Mo. 436; May v. Jarvis-Conklin Co., 138 Mo. 186; Wilson v. Russler, 162 Mo. 565; Anchor Milling Co. v. Walsh, 97 Mo. 287; Wolff v. Matthews, 98 Mo. 246; State ex rel. v. Gill, 107 Mo. 44; Rerchenbach v. United Masonic Assn., 112 Mo. 22; Kirchgraber v. Lloyd, 59 Mo. App. 59. First. Punitive damages could not be recovered. This was expressly so…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, J.
On March 18, 1903, plaintiff sued defendant as a public service corporation engaged in manufacturing and vending gas for light and fuel in Kansas City, Missouri, and enjoying a monopoly in such business under a franchise granted it by said city. In a nut-shell, her complaint is that at a certain time she was tenant and lessee (from month to month) of No. 1314 West 10th Street — a rooming house. That said house was fitted with gas plumbing and connected with defendant’s mains. That on her application on February 10, 1903, gas was turned on by defendant, and thereafter, on February 16, 1903,…
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- Harris v. RosenbergerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
- Hennessy v. Bavarian Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- May v. Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- Anchor Milling Co. v. WalshSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
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