Legal Opinion

Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. McCarty

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1888PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Jaclcson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. n. Slover, Judge. At the trial, Ellen McCarty, one of the defendants, testified : That she was the widow of John McCarty, deceased, and had been living on the land now in controversy, for the last twelve years ; that she knew of the dealings of her husband with the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company; that he was employed in 1870-71 and 1872, as a car-repairer by the Missouri Pacific Company, as she always understood, and that…

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Appeal from Jaclcson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. n. Slover, Judge. At the trial, Ellen McCarty, one of the defendants, testified : That she was the widow of John McCarty, deceased, and had been living on the land now in controversy, for the last twelve years ; that she knew of the dealings of her husband with the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company; that he was employed in 1870-71 and 1872, as a car-repairer by the Missouri Pacific Company, as she always understood, and that while in the employ of that company, he sustained injuries by reason of his employment, and that he brought suit against the…

1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.

Ejectment for certain Jots in Kansas City. The petition was filed September 23, 1881; process issued therein against said defendant, John McCarty, returnable to the October term, ■ 1881, of said court, which was duly served. At said October term, 1881, said defendant, John McCarty, appeared to said action, and filed his answer therein, denying *219each and every allegation in said petition. After-wards, at the April term, 1882, of said court, and on the twenty-eighth day of April, 1882, the death of said defendant, John McCarty, was suggested of record. Thereafter, at the same term, and on June…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Berry v. HartzellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Curd v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
  2. Rogers v. WolfeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  3. Taylor v. Von SchraederSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  4. McKee v. HigbeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
  5. Mitchell v. Health Culture CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1942

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