Blackmer v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. S. P. Spencer, Judge. (1) There was no conversion by the appellant of any coal in the possession of or as the property of the respondents.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. S. P. Spencer, Judge. (1) There was no conversion by the appellant of any coal in the possession of or as the property of the respondents. This coal was loaded into the cars of appellant, after appellant notified the Hillsboro company, that they were left at its mine only that they might be loaded for appellant’s nse, and, therefore, the coal came into the possession of the appellant, and appellant had a right to take it for its nse. (2) This is an action of trover. The actions of trespass and trover for personal property appropriated by a…
1Opinion of the CourtGrOODE, J.
The petition in this case is in six counts, each of which charges the defendant with converting to its own use certain carloads of coal which belonged to the plaintiffs and had been put aboard cars on defendant’s tracks at Hillsboro, Illinois, by the Hills-boro Coal Company, consigned and to be carried by the defendant to the plaintiffs. The first count of the petition charges the conversion of five carloads of coal on December 18, 1901, and states that the plaintiffs, who were partners doing business in St. Louis under the name of the Hart Coal Company, were under contracts with various…
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