Van Zant v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — lion. Grant Emerson, Judge. (1) The question for decision is whether or not the stipulations on a free interstate pass are binding and en-forcible and relieve defendant from liability. Such stipulations are controlled by Federal and not State law. Donovan v. Wells-Fargo, 265 Mo. 229; Bilby v. Ry.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — lion. Grant Emerson, Judge. (1) The question for decision is whether or not the stipulations on a free interstate pass are binding and en-forcible and relieve defendant from liability. Such stipulations are controlled by Federal and not State law. Donovan v. Wells-Fargo, 265 Mo. 229; Bilby v. Ry. Co., 199 S. W. 1004; Holloway v. Railroad, 276 Mo. 500. (2) In the particular instance the Federal legislation is sufficient to put the matter under the operation of Federal law to the exclusion of State law. Leftridge v. Tel. Co., 277 Mo. 90, 97; Tel. Co. v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Action for personal injury. Plaintiff was a member of the family of her son, John Goodrich, who resided at Pittsburg, Kansas. The latter was an employee of the defendant, and on August 4, 1917, he obtained from his employer for his mother a free pass over defendant's railroad from Pittsburg, to Howe, Oklahoma. On August 9, 1917, while riding on this pass, on one of defendant's passenger trains, enroute from Pittsburg, Kansas, to Howe, Oklahoma, and while passing through Newton County, Missouri, plaintiff was seriously injured through the negligent management and handling of the train by…
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