Young v. Niles & Scott Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court.- — Hon. James L. Fort, Judge. A corporation is a resident of any county where it does or maintains business and in such case is entitled to but .ten days in which to take an appeal from the judgment of the justice.
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Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court.- — Hon. James L. Fort, Judge. A corporation is a resident of any county where it does or maintains business and in such case is entitled to but .ten days in which to take an appeal from the judgment of the justice. R. S. 1899, sec. 4060; Slavins v. Railroad, 51 Mo. 309; Cruitsinger v. Railroad, 82 Mo. 64; Hastings v. Railroad, 80 Mo. 659. The appeal was taken in proper time; the defendant being a non-resident of the county in which the suit was instituted had twenty days within which to take its appeal. R. S. 3899, sec. 4060. In order to perfect an appeal…
1Opinion of the CourtNortoni, J.
This case, a suit in conversion, was instituted before a justice of the peace in Stoddard county. The defendant is a foreign corporation. It is an incorporated company existing by virtue of the laws of the State of Indiana under which it was incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing and selling wheels, hubs, spokes, hose-carts, etc. Its home office is in the city of La Porte, in that State. In furtherance of its said business, it maintains a saw mill and plant and employs a number of millhands, under the supervision of one S. M. King, its foreman in Stoddard county, where this suit was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Slavens v. South Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Crutsinger v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- Harding v. Chicago & Alton RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Banister v. Weber Gas & Gasoline Engine Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1900
- Smith v. Pilot Mining Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1891
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Fitzmaurice v. TurneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- Rodgers v. National Council Junior Order United American MechanicsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Spangler v. Ridgeley Protective Ass'nMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- State ex rel. Kertz v. NeillSupreme Court of Missouri · 2002