Kansas City Transfer Co. v. Neiswanger
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court, Hon. Turner A. GrILL, J. Statement of case by the court. The plaintiff, to sustain the issues upon its part, offered evidence tending to prove the following particular facts and issues, to-wit: That plaintiff is a corporation, and a common carrier of freight in the City of Kansas; that on the ,12th day of May, 1881, the plaintiff, in the course of its business, received from the Missouri Pacific Railway company, at its freight depot and…
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court, Hon. Turner A. GrILL, J. Statement of case by the court. The plaintiff, to sustain the issues upon its part, offered evidence tending to prove the following particular facts and issues, to-wit: That plaintiff is a corporation, and a common carrier of freight in the City of Kansas; that on the ,12th day of May, 1881, the plaintiff, in the course of its business, received from the Missouri Pacific Railway company, at its freight depot and warehouse in Kansas City, Mo., three top buggies, three sets of wheels, three pairs of shafts, and fonr sulkies, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Ellison, J.
The plaintiff as indicated by its name does a transfer business in Kansas City. The suit is brought to recover the amount of the freight bill and $1.50, in addition, for hauling from the depot to defendants’ place ■of business. The suit is based on the idea that plaintiff is a connecting line of common carriers as contemplated by the shipment from Canal Dover to Kansas City, and as such had the right to receive the property from the Missouri Pacific Railway at the depot, paying all back ■charges, and transport them.to the consignees’ particular locality in Kansas City. A…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Richardson v. RichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Rankin v. Pacific R. R.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- Eaton v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1882
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- Pindell v. St. Louis & Hannibal Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1889
- Buddy v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1886
- Kansas City Transfer Co. v. NeiswangerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1887
- Bennett Bros. Lumber Co. v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1908