Dawson v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. — Hon. William T. Ragland, Judge. (1) The instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence offered by the defendant at the close of all the evidence in the ease should have been given for the following reasons: (a) Section 20 of the Interstate Commerce Act provides that any person who shall wilfully make a false entry in any record or memoranda kept by an interstate carrier, or who .shall wilfully alter or falsify the record of any…
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Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. — Hon. William T. Ragland, Judge. (1) The instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence offered by the defendant at the close of all the evidence in the ease should have been given for the following reasons: (a) Section 20 of the Interstate Commerce Act provides that any person who shall wilfully make a false entry in any record or memoranda kept by an interstate carrier, or who .shall wilfully alter or falsify the record of any such record or memoranda, or ■ who shall willfully neglect or fail to make true and correct entries therein, shall be…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
Plaintiffs, averring ownership of the premises upon which the buildings destroyed .had been situated, commenced this action against defendant for damages for the destruction of the buildings by fire. In the petition it is set out that these buildings were near a certain lumber yard owned and operated by the firm of Conway & Proctor (hereafter referred to as the lumber yard), in the city of Monroe; that this lumber yard and its buildings were located and adjacent to the main and switch' tracks of the defendant railroad company (referred -to for brevity as the Burlington); that on December 26,…
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- Pleasants v. FantSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Caha v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Matthews v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Campbell v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Stauffer v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1912
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- Chicago, B. & Q. R. v. DawsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917