Hilsdorf v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. City of St. Louis. The city was not liable on the facts in evidence, and the court should so have instructed the jury. (Ang. & Ames on Corp., § 388, 8th ed.; Vanderbilt v. Richmond Turnpike Co., 2 N. Y. 479 ; 7 Cush. 385, 388 ; Tweed v. Panama R.R. Co., 17 N. Y. 362; Thayer v. Boston, 19 Pick. 516-17; Dozier v. German, 30 Mo. 220.) The St. Louis Railroad Company. I. The railroad company was liable for the acts of Settle.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. City of St. Louis. The city was not liable on the facts in evidence, and the court should so have instructed the jury. (Ang. & Ames on Corp., § 388, 8th ed.; Vanderbilt v. Richmond Turnpike Co., 2 N. Y. 479 ; 7 Cush. 385, 388 ; Tweed v. Panama R.R. Co., 17 N. Y. 362; Thayer v. Boston, 19 Pick. 516-17; Dozier v. German, 30 Mo. 220.) The St. Louis Railroad Company. I. The railroad company was liable for the acts of Settle. (Sto. on Agency, § 308 ; Ang. & Ames on Corp., § 311; Thayer v. Boston, 19 Pick. 516; Gass v. Coblens, 43 Mo. 377.) H. The city is also…
1Opinion of the CourtBliss, Judge
In May, 1866, the stables of the St. Louis Railroad Company were consumed by fire, and some 140 mules, the property of the company, were destroyed, and their carcasses more or less burned. The weather was warm, and it became necessary at once to remove them.
By article IX of ordinance 4894, establishing and regulating the health department (revised ordinances 1866, pp. 451-3), it is made the duty of street inspectors to report to the clerk of the board of health every carcass they may find, and the clerk shall enter the report in a book, designating the locality, and the exclusive privilege is…
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