Peterson v. Chicago & Alton Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. James E. Goodrich, Judge. (1) ; That Kansas City is inhibited by the State Constitution from abrogating or departing from any general statute passed by virtue of the general police power oh the State, is-settled by several decisions of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal from, Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. James E. Goodrich, Judge. (1) ; That Kansas City is inhibited by the State Constitution from abrogating or departing from any general statute passed by virtue of the general police power oh the State, is-settled by several decisions of the Supreme Court. State ex rel. v. Telephone Co., 189 Mo. 83; State ex rel. v. Yates, 190 Mo. 540; St. Louis v. Meyer, 185 Mo. 583; Ewing v. Hoblitzelle, 85 Mo.::64.;.:St. Louis v. Williams, 235 Mo. 503. Inasmuch as plaintiff admitted that he had acted in violation of such Sec. 1180,' R; S. 1899, the trial court erred…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
This suit was instituted in the circuit court of Jackson county by the plaintiff to recover the sum of $1999.99, from the defendant, as damages alleged to he due him for personal injuries sustained through its negligence in the operation of one of its freight cars, while passing over one of the public streets of Kansas City.
The plaintiff recovered judgment for the sum of $1250, and the defendant duly appealed the cause to the Kansas City Court of Appeals.
Because of certain constitutional questions involved that court transferred the cause to this court for determination.
The pleadings are not…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Thorpe v. Rutland & Burlington RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1854
- Ewing v. HoblitzelleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- State ex rel. Hawes v. MasonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Bluedorn v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- State ex rel. Kansas City v. FieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Wendorff v. Missouri State Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1927
- Kleinlein v. FoskinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1929
- Tannehill v. Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1919
- Boyle v. Colonial Life Insurance Co. of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
- Toeneboehn v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1927
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