Aiken v. Wabash Railroad Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Gity Circuit Court. — Hon. Horatio D. Wood, Judge. The agreed statement of facts in a cause upon which it is to be determined occupies the same- footing and stands in-lieu of a special verdict, and the court pronounces its conclusions upon such agreed facts precisely as if a jury had found a verdict in that form. Gage v. Gates, 62 Mo. 412;. Carr v. Lewis Coal Co-., 96 Mo. 149; Field v. Railway, 21 Mo.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Gity Circuit Court. — Hon. Horatio D. Wood, Judge. The agreed statement of facts in a cause upon which it is to be determined occupies the same- footing and stands in-lieu of a special verdict, and the court pronounces its conclusions upon such agreed facts precisely as if a jury had found a verdict in that form. Gage v. Gates, 62 Mo. 412;. Carr v. Lewis Coal Co-., 96 Mo. 149; Field v. Railway, 21 Mo. App. 600; Smith v. Railroad, 47 Mo App. 546. The appellate court has power, without ordering a new trial, to-direct a different, judgment on an agreed statement from…
1Opinion of the CourtBiggs, J.
The plaintiff sues the defendant for $1,200, the alleged value of baggage contained in two trunks. . In February, 1898, the plaintiff was in Greenfield, Massachusetts. She held a pass over' the Eitchburg Railroad from Greenfield to Rotterdam Junction in the state of New York. The West Shore Railroad Company owned and operated a railroad from Rotterdam Junction to the city of Buffalo, New York. The defendant operated a railroad from Buffalo to the city of St. Louis. At the time mentioned the husband of the plaintiff applied at the office of the defendant in St. Louis for the purchase of a…
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- Quimby v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Perkins v. . the New York Central Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Rawson v. . Pennsylvania Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- McCann v. EddySupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
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