Beery v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Clinton County Circuit Court. Ferry vs. Imperial Fire Ins. Co., per Dillon, J., 2 Cent. L. J.,459; R. R. Co. vs. Whitton, 13 Wal. 270; Herryford vs. Ins. Co., 42 Mo. 151-3 ; Hough vs. West. Trausp. Co., 1 Biss. 425 ; Gordon vs. Longest, 16 Pet. 97; Kanouse vs. Martin, 15 How. 198 ; Roberts vs. Nelson, 8 Blatch. 74 ; Fashnacht vs. Frank, Sup. Ct. U. S., 2 Cent. L. J., 290 ; Osgood vs. C. D. & Y. R. E., 2 Cent. L. J., 283 ; First Nat. Bank vs. Bridge Co., 2 Cent.
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Error to Clinton County Circuit Court. Ferry vs. Imperial Fire Ins. Co., per Dillon, J., 2 Cent. L. J.,459; R. R. Co. vs. Whitton, 13 Wal. 270; Herryford vs. Ins. Co., 42 Mo. 151-3 ; Hough vs. West. Trausp. Co., 1 Biss. 425 ; Gordon vs. Longest, 16 Pet. 97; Kanouse vs. Martin, 15 How. 198 ; Roberts vs. Nelson, 8 Blatch. 74 ; Fashnacht vs. Frank, Sup. Ct. U. S., 2 Cent. L. J., 290 ; Osgood vs. C. D. & Y. R. E., 2 Cent. L. J., 283 ; First Nat. Bank vs. Bridge Co., 2 Cent. L. J., 616 ; “ The Two Orphans,” 2 Cent. L. J., 738 ; Browning -vs. Chrisman, 30 Mo. 353 ; Worthington vs. White, 42 Mo. 462…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.
Plaintiff sued defendant for damages in the sum of $1,500 alleged as resulting from the construction and operation of defendant’s road on the street in front of plaintiff’s premises in the town of Cameron. Suit was brought in July, 1875. At the ensuing August Term, defendant applied for the removal of the cause to the Federal Court.
The application and bond were in the usual form and the bond approved. After this occurred, plaintiff, as the bill of exceptions recites, “ with the avowed purpose of reducing his claim herein below the jurisdiction of a Circuit Court of the United States * * * *…
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