Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Attorney General v. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1882PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Mandamus.

1Opinion of the CourtHenry, J.

This is a proceeding by mandamus to compel the respondent to run all its passenger and freight trains, and at least one train of cars daily, back and forth, to its depot in the town of Savannah, and to maintain and keep the depot there, so as to accommodate the passengers and shippers who may desire.to ship produce and merchandise or to take passage from said depot. The whole controversy turns upon the construction of several acts of the legislature in relation to this respondent and the railroad company to whose rights it succeeded.

1. Railroads enuo°runStra?ns to savannah. By an act approved…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Jeffries v. Trustees of Town of PacificSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
  2. Osage Valley & Southern Kansas R. R. v. County Court of MorganSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  3. School District No. 1 v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Texas Mexican Railway Co. v. JarvisTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  2. People Ex Rel. Hasbrouck v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  3. Trant v. State ex rel. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
  4. State ex rel. Crow v. Boonville Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
  5. State ex rel. Goodnow v. Police CommissionersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1899

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