Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Bates
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided June 27, 1927PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Original action in prohibition. The facts are undisputed, because the pleadings nisi were so framed as to make questions of law only. It appears that J. Frank Todd and Ben C. Aylor, partners, doing business under the name of Highway Construction Company, sued the relator herein (State Highway Commissioner of Missouri) in Jasper County, Missouri, for damages on a contract. The damages claimed were $26,009. The contract out of which it is claimed that these damages arose, was one entered into by relator, and the plaintiffs in the action brought in Jasper County, for the construction of a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Clark v. BarnardSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Smith v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Pittsburgh Elevator Co. v. West Virginia Board of RegentsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
- Jackson Sawmill Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Spitcaufsky v. HattenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1944
- Kleban v. MorrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
- Stewart v. State Road Commission of West VirginiaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1936
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