Knapp, Stout & Co. v. St. Louis Transfer Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. D. D. Fisher, Judge. (1) Defendant had no authority whatever to construct or operate the switch track in question on Hall street as and in the manner it was done.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. D. D. Fisher, Judge. (1) Defendant had no authority whatever to construct or operate the switch track in question on Hall street as and in the manner it was done. Dubach v. Railroad, 89 Mo. 483; Charter of St. Louis, art. 5, sec. 26, par. 2; Revised Ordinances of St. Louis, 1887, sec. 577-; Revised Statutes, 1889, secs. 2563, 2590, 2591; city ordinance number 15,608, sec. 1; Tate v. Railroad, 64 Mo. 158; Glaessner v. Brewing Go., 100 Mo. 508; Sugar Refining Go. v. Elevator Go., 82 Mo. 124; Glasgoto v. City, 87 Mo. 682. (2) Defendant had no…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, C. J.
— The plaintiff corporation owns a parcel of land in the city of St. Louis, fronting one hundred and seventy-eight feet on the north line of Bremen avenue, and extending north three hundred and twenty feet along the west side of Hall street. It carries on a planing mill business on this property, and has extensive buildings and sheds thereon, suitable for such business. By this suit it seeks to enjoin the defendant from using and operating ears propelled by steam power on a track located on the west side of Hall street, in front of the plaintiff’s property. The case *32is now before us on the…
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- Osborne v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Lockwood v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Glaessner v. Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'nSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Tate v. M., K. & T. Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Henry Gaus & Sons Manufacturing Co. v. St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
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