Union Depot Co. v. Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
.Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John W. Henry, Judge. (1) The court below erred in directing a verdict for defendants, because the contract should not have been construed so as to authorize the Rock Island company, without the payment of rent, to use the depot for the trains of the Nebraska company, an independent rent-paying line.
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.Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John W. Henry, Judge. (1) The court below erred in directing a verdict for defendants, because the contract should not have been construed so as to authorize the Rock Island company, without the payment of rent, to use the depot for the trains of the Nebraska company, an independent rent-paying line. (2) In any event, there was liability for the rent of 1889, because the resolutions of the board of directors of the depot company were known to and acted upon by defendants, and, therefore, a contract was entered into which was not terminable by notice…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
At the close of the evidence plaintiff took a compulsory nonsuit, which the' circuit court refused to set aside, and hence this appeal.
The plaintiff is a corporation owning and operating at Kansas City a depot with the necessary buildings, sheds, tracks and offices, all designed to accommodate the different railroads at that place. The depot company brought this suit against the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company,, hereafter called the Nebraska company, and against the. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, hereafter called the Rock Island company, to recover rents for the…
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