St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. Morse

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was an action brought by L. E. Morse against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Com- ■ pany, to recover the sum of $499. The issues were made-*272up between the parties by the defendant’s filing its answer to the plaintiff’s petition on August 8, 1885. The record then shows, among other things, as follows:

• “Afterward, and on the 18th day of December, 1885, said cause was regularly called for trial; a jury was duly impaneled and sworn, and took their seats in the jury box; and thereupon the plaintiff by her attorneys moved the court,…