Robert v. Chicago & Alton Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Win. M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) The law of the State where the contract was made governs even though the contract is to-be performed in another State. Otis Co. v. Railroad, 112 Mo. 662; Reed v. Tel. Co., 135 Mo. 661; Hartmann v. Railroad, 39 Mo. App. 88; Crouch v. Railroad, 42 Mo. App. 248; Nenno v. Railroad, 105 Mo. App. 540; Townsend and N. D. G-. Co. v. Express Co., 133 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Win. M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) The law of the State where the contract was made governs even though the contract is to-be performed in another State. Otis Co. v. Railroad, 112 Mo. 662; Reed v. Tel. Co., 135 Mo. 661; Hartmann v. Railroad, 39 Mo. App. 88; Crouch v. Railroad, 42 Mo. App. 248; Nenno v. Railroad, 105 Mo. App. 540; Townsend and N. D. G-. Co. v. Express Co., 133 Mo. App. 683. (2) Under the law of California the contract entered into by plaintiff and defendant agreeing to a limitation of the carriers’ liability to $100 in case of loss of…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
This plaintiff, a resident of San Francisco, California, purchased in that city from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, on September 10, 1904, a railroad ticket good for passage from there to St. Louis, Missouri, and return, over said railroad company’s line between San Francisco and Kansas City, and over the Chicago & Alton railroad between Kansas City and St. Louis. He testified there was no attempt made when he bought the ticket to conceal from him any of the printed conditions. He reached St. Louis where he sojourned about six weeks and then started on his return trip,…
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- Hart v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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- The KensingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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