Stuart Ex Rel. Stuart v. Dickinson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Clarence A. Burney, Judge. (1) The court erred in not sustaining the instructions of defendants in the nature of demurrers to the evidence, (a) The cause of action here involved has been adjudicated by the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, and its judgment is final. The decree of the Illinois court is res judicata and is not subject to collateral attack.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Clarence A. Burney, Judge. (1) The court erred in not sustaining the instructions of defendants in the nature of demurrers to the evidence, (a) The cause of action here involved has been adjudicated by the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, and its judgment is final. The decree of the Illinois court is res judicata and is not subject to collateral attack. Distinction between direct and collateral attack, and when collateral attack can be made. Lieber v. Lieber, 239 Mo. 1; Wilson v. Wilson, 255 Mo. 536; Reed…
1Opinion of the Court
This is an action under the Employers' Liability Act for personal injuries received in a head-on collision between two freight trains on a line of the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific Railway Company. The plaintiff was the locomotive engineer in charge of one of the trains; and whether negligence on his part, or negligence of the crew of the opposing train, or that of the telegraph operators or signalmen who gave the signals under which the two trains were being operated, caused the collision, was the mainly contested issue in the trial below.
The collision just referred to occurred June 27, 1915,…
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