Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Kertz v. Neill
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided December 10, 2002No. SC 84372PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR., Chief Justice.
This is yet another St. Louis City venue dispute. The underlying case is a wrongful death action brought by the family of Dale Kertz who was killed in a tractor/train accident at a railroad crossing in Perry County. Defendants are Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF), which operates railway lines and has officers and agents in the City of St. Louis, and Mark Pobst, a resident of Scott County. The particular question presented is whether BNSF is a resident of St. Louis City under section 508.010(2), RSMo 2000, the statute on which…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Slavens v. South Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Fitzmaurice v. TurneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- State Ex Rel. Smith v. GraySupreme Court of Missouri · 1998
- Crutsinger v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- Rodgers v. National Council Junior Order United American MechanicsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State ex rel. Dowdy v. NeillSupreme Court of Missouri · 2002