Legal Opinion

Devine v. Rook

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 16, 1958No. 7692PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUARK, Judge.

This case involves a Kansas statute of limitations which has been borrowed by Missouri.

Plaintiff, now respondent, sued to charge defendant, now appellant, with what the petition describes as a common law liability in tort of a common carrier on account of injury and damage to a herd of dairy cattle which defendant undertook to transport, by tractor-trailer, from near Neosho, Missouri, to Osawatomi, Kansas. The alleged injuries to the cattle occurred in Kansas, and point of destination of shipment was in Kansas. 1 Plaintiff is a resident of Kansas. At the time of the occurrence…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. EstillSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Wojtylak v. Kansas & Texas Coal Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905
  3. Williams v. Metropolitan Street-railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1903
  4. Alropa Corp. v. KirchwehmOhio Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Jenkins v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Brownell Combs, Ii, Administrator C.T.A. Of the Estate of Leslie Combs, Ii, Deceased v. International Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
  2. Great Plains Trust Co. v. Union Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
  3. Duke v. HousenWyoming Supreme Court · 1979
  4. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
  5. Richard M. Patch v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. And Frank BrowningCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981

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