Condakes v. Missouri Pacific R.R.

Two actions of contract and tort brought against the Missouri Pacific Railriad Co., a non-resident corporation. The defendant in both cases denied the jurisdiction of this court to hear the case and pleaded in abatement. Both cases involve the identical issue and will be disposed of in one opinion.

There was evidence that the defendant railroad is a Missouri Corp. with principal headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, with lines of railroad only in the States of Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Tennessee, and Mississippi. [It has an office in…