Dryden v. St. Louis Transit Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jesse A. McDonald, Judge. (1) It is a recognized rule that carriers have power to make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations, etc.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jesse A. McDonald, Judge. (1) It is a recognized rule that carriers have power to make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations, etc. “But the regulation must be so published that all persons who are to be affected by them, whether passengers or servants, can easily become informed of their existence and requirements; for no one can be bound by a rule or regulation of the existence or character of Avhich he had no means or opportunity of informing himself.” 2 Wood on Railways (Ed. 1894), p. 1203. (2) Where a company undertakes to carry a…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
The action was begun before a justice of the peace, in the city of St. Louis, and in due course reached the circuit court by appeal, where it was tried anew to the court sitting as a jury, who, after hearing all the evidence, declared the law to be that *426under the law and the evidence the plaintiff was not entitled to recover, and rendered judgment for the defendant, from which judgment plaintiff duly appealed.
The complaint filed before the justice of the peace stated two separate and distinct causes of action. The first count or paragraph was to recover for an alleged breach of defendant’s…
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- Kirsch v. East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1918