Ragan v. Kansas City & Southeastern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. James Gtbson, Judge. (1) The court erred in sustaining the objection to the introduction of any evidence. The trustee was not appointed until after the institution of the action and at the time of the filing of the amended petition.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. James Gtbson, Judge. (1) The court erred in sustaining the objection to the introduction of any evidence. The trustee was not appointed until after the institution of the action and at the time of the filing of the amended petition. (2) The court erred in the exclusion of competent evidence as to payments made for the right of way by the Kansas City, Memphis & Mobile railway (Taylor v. United States, 3 How. 198), andas to the mesne conveyances from said railroad to defendant. (3) So the court erred in refusing to admit the evidence of the witness…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
This is an action for damages for the appropriation by the defendant of a strip of land one hundred feet wide, through lots 20 and 21 in Catherine Purdon’s addition to the town now city of West-port, in Jackson county, Missouri.
The property has a frontage of one hundred and thirty-two feet on Mill street and a depth of one hundred and twenty feet. The plaintiffs are Mrs. Lucinda Ragan and her husband and Thomas Kennedy, her trustee, under appointment of the circuit court.
According to the petition and the great weight of evidence, Mrs. Ragan is, and has been since 1859, the owner in fee…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Paddock v. SomesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Franke v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- McReynolds v. Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- Pitts v. SheriffSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- McClellan v. St. Louis & Hannibal RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
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- Ragan v. Kansas City & Southeastern RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
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