Missouri Dist. Telegraph Co. v. Morris & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri; Arba S. Van Valkenburgh, Judge. Action by Morris & Co. against the Missouri District Telegraph Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
Defendant in error, hereafter called plaintiff, sued plaintiff in error, hereafter called defendant, to recover damages resulting from a fire in its packing house at Kansas City, Kan., which damages it is alleged were caused by the negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff recovered a verdict, and the defendant has brought the case here assigning error.
At the commencement of the trial in the court below counsel for defendant moved the court orally for judgment in its favor upon the pleadings. The grounds of the motion were (a) that the written contract set forth in the…
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