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Bethune v. Cleveland, St. Louis & Kansas City Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided May 23, 1899PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error to St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Edwards, Judge. (1) When property that may be sold under execution is blended witb wbat can not be sold so tbat it is difficult to separate tbem tbe court will quash the whole proceedings.

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Error to St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Edwards, Judge. (1) When property that may be sold under execution is blended witb wbat can not be sold so tbat it is difficult to separate tbem tbe court will quash the whole proceedings. Ammant v. Turnpike Co., 13 Serg. & R. 210. (2) The mortgage to the Farmers Loan and Trust Co., covering the franchises and all property of the original road; the mortgage to the Central Trust Co., covering all property of the defendant road except its bridges and terminals; the mortgage of the Holland Trust Co., covering the bridges of the defendant road and…

1Opinion of the CourtBrace, P. J.

This case was brought here by writ of error, sued out by the Farmers Loan and Trust Company of New York, one of the defendants, on the twenty-ninth day of August, 1893, whose counsel state the case, as follows:

“The defendant, the Cleveland, St. Louis and Kansas City Railway Company, was incorporated under the laws of *593the State of Missouri, on March 26th, 1888, % the purpose of building a railroad from a point on the bank of the Mississippi river in St. Charles county, opposite the city of Alton,- in the State of Illinois, through the counties of St. Charles and St. Louis to the city of St.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Knapp v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1881
  2. Dunn v. North Missouri RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1857
  3. St. Louis Bridge & Construction Co. v. Memphis, Carthage & Northwestern RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
  4. Schulenburg v. Memphis, Carthage & Northwestern R. R.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1878
  5. Cranston v. Union Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1881

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Bagnell Timber Co. v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
  2. Trainor Co. v. Ætna Casualty & Surety Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1931

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