Fletcher v. Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from the Special Law and Equity Court of Jackson County. Devitt vs. Pacific R. R., 50 Mo. 302 ; Barton vs. Iron Mountain R. R., 52 Mo. 258 ; Evans vs. A. & P. R. R. Co., 62 Mo. 59 ; Smith vs. Union R. R., 61 Mo. 591; Maher vs. Pacific R. R., ante p. 267 ; Boland vs. Missouri R. R. Co., 36 Mo. 491; Vinton vs. Schwab, 32 Vt. 612; Callahan vs. Warne, 40 Mo. 136; 1 Gfreenl. Ev. §§ 44, 48 ; Smith vs. Hann. & St. Joe.
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Appeal from the Special Law and Equity Court of Jackson County. Devitt vs. Pacific R. R., 50 Mo. 302 ; Barton vs. Iron Mountain R. R., 52 Mo. 258 ; Evans vs. A. & P. R. R. Co., 62 Mo. 59 ; Smith vs. Union R. R., 61 Mo. 591; Maher vs. Pacific R. R., ante p. 267 ; Boland vs. Missouri R. R. Co., 36 Mo. 491; Vinton vs. Schwab, 32 Vt. 612; Callahan vs. Warne, 40 Mo. 136; 1 Gfreenl. Ev. §§ 44, 48 ; Smith vs. Hann. & St. Joe. R. R. Co., 37 Mo. 292 ; Norton vs. Ittner, 56 Mo. 352 ; Owens vs. Hann. & St. Joe. R. R., 58 Mo. 393 ; Isabel vs. Hann. & St. Joe. R. R., 60 Mo. 482 ; Shearm. & Redf. Neg.…
1Opinion of the CourtHenry, Judge
This was an action by plaintiff to recover damages for injuries received by him under the following circumstances :
On the first day of February, 1872, plaintiff, who lived about two miles east of Kansas City, and one Cecil were in Cecil’s wagon returning home from Kansas City. From Kansas City defendant’s road runs in an easterly direction, and there is also a public road from Kansas City, running in the same direction, and for four or five hundred feet west of a public crossing of defendant’s road by said public road, the two run parallel and not exceeding twenty-five feet apart.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chicago & Alton R. R. v. GretznerIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
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- Payne v. Chicago & Alton RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
- Powell v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1882
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