Crutchfield v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jljopeal from Randolph County Circuit Court. Cary vs. St. Louis, K. C. & N. R’y Co., 60 Mo. 209; Biglow vs. N Mo. R. R. Co., 48 Mo. 510 ; Grorman vs. P. R. R. Co., 26 Mo. 441; Wood vs. St. L., K. C. & N. E’y Co., 58 Mo. 109. The language of the petition, in charging defendant’s liability, “ negligence, unskillfulness and misconduct” on the part of the defendant’s engineers, officers, servants, agents, and employees ; and the fact that the court rendered judgment in the case…
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Jljopeal from Randolph County Circuit Court. Cary vs. St. Louis, K. C. & N. R’y Co., 60 Mo. 209; Biglow vs. N Mo. R. R. Co., 48 Mo. 510 ; Grorman vs. P. R. R. Co., 26 Mo. 441; Wood vs. St. L., K. C. & N. E’y Co., 58 Mo. 109. The language of the petition, in charging defendant’s liability, “ negligence, unskillfulness and misconduct” on the part of the defendant’s engineers, officers, servants, agents, and employees ; and the fact that the court rendered judgment in the case in favor of the plaintiff for exactly the amount found by the jury in their verdict for plaintiff, all show the…
1Opinion of the CourtHough, Judge
This was an action brought under the 43d section of the act in relation to railroad companies, to recover double damages for the killing and crippling by defendant’s cars of certain horses and mules belonging to plaintiff, at a point on defendant’s railroad where it was alleged that defendant had failed to erect and maintain good and substantial fences, as required by the provisions of said section.
The petition contained an allegation that the killing and crippling were negligently done.
The answer contained a specific denial of each allegation in the petition.
The testimony tended to show that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wood v. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- Cary v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1875
- Chamberlin v. Smith's AdministratorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1824
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