Greeley v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Riciiaed. Field, Judge. The appeal was rightfully allowed. Morse v. Railroad, Oct. term, 1877, of this court (unreported); Iron Co. v. Meeker, 109 U. S. 184; Lewis, v. Campean, 14 Mich. 458; Taylor v. Sweet, 40 Mich. 739; Stocatv. Ranks, 10 Wall. 583; Stale v. Field, 37 Mo. App. 83; Neall v. Hill, 16* Cal. 145. The statutes plainly define what are final judgments and what are interlocutory orders.
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Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Riciiaed. Field, Judge. The appeal was rightfully allowed. Morse v. Railroad, Oct. term, 1877, of this court (unreported); Iron Co. v. Meeker, 109 U. S. 184; Lewis, v. Campean, 14 Mich. 458; Taylor v. Sweet, 40 Mich. 739; Stocatv. Ranks, 10 Wall. 583; Stale v. Field, 37 Mo. App. 83; Neall v. Hill, 16* Cal. 145. The statutes plainly define what are final judgments and what are interlocutory orders. Section 2208, R. S. 1889. Section 2085 provides what a motion shall contain, and is as follows: “All motions shall be accompanied by a written specification…
1Opinion of the CourtBarclay, J.
— This is a suit in equity. The petition was filed by certain stockholders of the Sedalia, Warsaw & Southern Railway (which for brevity we shall call the Warsaw road) to secure an accounting and other relief.
The defendants are the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, the Warsaw road, and several of the directors of the latter, who are also directors or other officers of the Missouri Pacific Railway. '
The general idea of'the bill or' petition is that the . Warsaw road has been fraudulently managed in the interest of the Pacific railway by the directory of the former road, under the influence or…
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