Union Elevator Co. v. Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Wood, Judge. (1) Blocks 1, 3, and 7 being separated by public streets, are, therefore, separate tracts, arid the unlawful occupation of Hopkins street by the respondents, gave them no right to have these blocks considered as one tract. Pa. Co. v. Railroad, 151 Pa.
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Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Wood, Judge. (1) Blocks 1, 3, and 7 being separated by public streets, are, therefore, separate tracts, arid the unlawful occupation of Hopkins street by the respondents, gave them no right to have these blocks considered as one tract. Pa. Co. v. Railroad, 151 Pa. St. 334; Matter of N. F. C. R. R. Co., 6 Hun, 149; Fleming v. Railroad, 34 Iowa, 353; Mikes ell v. Durkee, 34 Kan. 509; Same v.- Same, 36 Kan. 97; Glaessner v. Brewing Ass’n, 100 Mo. 508; Railroad v. Railroad, 97 Mo. 457; Gustafson v. Hamm, 57 N. W. Rep. (Minn.) 1054; Heath v.…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
From a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, the Union Elevator Company and Davidson & Smith, a copartnership composed of James K. Davidson and Edward W. Smith, against the defendant in the sum of $14,000 for the taking and damaging for railroad purposes certain property interests of the plaintiffs by the construction of an elevated railway over block 1 in Coates & Hopkins’ addition to Kansas City, and by. crossing of a connecting track to an elevator owned and operated by plaintiffs, defendant appealed.
The Union Elevator Company is a corporation organized under the laws of this state, owning…
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