Grand Avenue Railway Co. v. Citizens' Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Qity Circuit Court. — HoN. JohN M. Wood, Judge. (1) Tbe circuit court bad no jurisdiction of tbis cause. Tbe city of St. Louis can not confer appellate jurisdiction on tbe circuit court. Oonstitution, art. VI.
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Appeal from St. Louis Qity Circuit Court. — HoN. JohN M. Wood, Judge. (1) Tbe circuit court bad no jurisdiction of tbis cause. Tbe city of St. Louis can not confer appellate jurisdiction on tbe circuit court. Oonstitution, art. VI. (2) Tbe court erred as to tbe subject-matter of its award, and in tbe amounts of its award, (a) Tbe court ought to bave allowed defendant thedamages caused to its cars,by tbe twenty-four cuts plaintiff made in defendant's tracks, over wbicb defendant’s cars must pass on every trip, injuring tbe' wheels and motors, which damages amount to $300 per year, (b) Tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
GANTT, O. J.
This is a proceeding by the plaintiff company, a street railway corporation of the city of St. Louis, to determine the compensation it must pay the defendant company under ordinance number 12,652 of said city, for the use of defendant’s tracks from Easton Avenue to Natural Bridge road. This proceeding is similar to that had in Grand Avenue Railway Co. v. People’s Railway Co., 132 Mo. 34, and in Grand Avenue Railway Co. v. Lindell Railway Co., decided at this term, and reported at page 637 of this volume.
As the charter provision and ordinance are set forth in full in both of said…
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