Murrell v. Kansas City, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Saline Circuit Co art. — lion. Samuel Davis, Judge. (1) Sec. 3078, R. S. 1909, is unconstitutional, for the reason that the bill when enacted contained more than one subject which was not clearly expressed in the title, as provided by Section 28, Article 4, Constitution of Missouri. Williams v. Railroad, 233 Mo. 666; Witzmann v. Railroad, 131 Mo. 612; St. Louis v. Bray, 213 Mo. 131; Shively v. Lankford, 174 Mo. 545; State v. Coffey Company, 171 Mo. 634; Gulf Ry.
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Appeal from Saline Circuit Co art. — lion. Samuel Davis, Judge. (1) Sec. 3078, R. S. 1909, is unconstitutional, for the reason that the bill when enacted contained more than one subject which was not clearly expressed in the title, as provided by Section 28, Article 4, Constitution of Missouri. Williams v. Railroad, 233 Mo. 666; Witzmann v. Railroad, 131 Mo. 612; St. Louis v. Bray, 213 Mo. 131; Shively v. Lankford, 174 Mo. 545; State v. Coffey Company, 171 Mo. 634; Gulf Ry. Co. v. Stokes, 91 S. W. (Tex.) 328. (2) The speed ordinance of six miles an hour of Iligginsville is unreasonable,…
1Opinion of the Court
RAILEY, C.
This action was commenced by plaintiff, in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County Missouri, on September 17, 1913, as the widow of John D. Murrell, who was killed in the City of Higginsville in said Lafayette County, by an east-bound fast-passenger train, operated at the time by the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, by virtue of a lease in 1879, from defendant, a Missouri coporation, which was the owner of the right-of-way, road-bed, tracks, etc., where deceased was killed. On defendant’s application the venue was changed to Saline County, Missouri, and there tried upon plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Sluder v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- Eppstein v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Jackson v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- Dutcher v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- Maginnis v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1916
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- Baker v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1931
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- Thompson v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1934
- Pauley v. Business Men's Assurance Co. of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1924
- Knorp v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1948
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