State ex rel. Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad v. Myers
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Grundy Circuit Court. — Son. George W. WannemaJcer, Judge. (1) If tested by definitions and tbe construction of the language employed by tbe statute them tbe term “any business office of tbe company” is fully met by the facts of this case. 1 Words & Phrases, 915; 5 Am. and Eng. Ency. of Law (2 Ed.), 71, 72, 76; 1 Am. and Eng. Ency. of Law (2 Ed.), 908; Trustees of Columbia College (N. Y.), 47 How. Prac. 275; Martin y.
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Appeal from Grundy Circuit Court. — Son. George W. WannemaJcer, Judge. (1) If tested by definitions and tbe construction of the language employed by tbe statute them tbe term “any business office of tbe company” is fully met by the facts of this case. 1 Words & Phrases, 915; 5 Am. and Eng. Ency. of Law (2 Ed.), 71, 72, 76; 1 Am. and Eng. Ency. of Law (2 Ed.), 908; Trustees of Columbia College (N. Y.), 47 How. Prac. 275; Martin y. State, 59 Ala. 36; Goddard v. Chaffee, 2 Allen (Mass.) —; 22 Am. and Eng. Ency. of Law (2 Ed.), 831; Stephenson y. Primrose, 33 Am. Dec. 281; Rhodes y. Turnpike Co.,…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
The relator, a railroad company, brought this suit against the sheriff of Grundy county to recover damages alleged to have been sustained in consequence of a false return of a summons issued in an action brought by F. M. Brassfield against relator. No appearance was made by relator in that case in the circuit court and default was taken by plaintiff and judgment afterwards was entered in his favor in the sum of $2,000. Relator then sued out a writ of error from this court and attacked the sufficiency of the summons to confer jurisdiction over its person on grounds which now do not concern us.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brassfield v. Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1904
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