Mumpower v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Rail Road

This was an action to recover the value of a bull alleged to have been killed on a portion of the track of defendant where it passed through an enclosed pasture.

The suit was brought under the 43rd section of the 2nd article concerning corporations. (Wagn. Stat., 310.) There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff.

' The principal point made here is that the petition does not state a cause of action. The petition differs from the one passed on in Aubuchon vs. St. Louis & I. M. R. R. (52 Mo., 522) only in using the words “wrongfully and illegally, and against the will of plaintiff,” instead of…