Williams v. Payne

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Crawford county denying an injunction to restrain the plaintiff from prosecuting an action in Missouri founded on the same cause of action as one which the Crawford county district court had already taken jurisdiction of at the instance of the plaintiff.

The pertinent facts were these:

On October 6, 1936, on the premises of the Santa Fe railway company in the city of Pittsburg, there was a collision of motor trucks, one of which was operated by plaintiff, John Williams, and the…