St. Louis Gas Light Co. v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Loicis Court of Appeals. (1) The objection to the second and the remaining counts in the petition was well taken. Not one of said counts states a cause of action against the city of St. Louis in favor of the St. Louis G-as Light Company. Take the second count as an illustration.
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Appeal from St. Loicis Court of Appeals. (1) The objection to the second and the remaining counts in the petition was well taken. Not one of said counts states a cause of action against the city of St. Louis in favor of the St. Louis G-as Light Company. Take the second count as an illustration. Its subject-matter is the service rendered by the plaintiff to the defendant in repairing, lighting, cleaning, and extinguishing certain public lamps in December, 1875. The public-lamps in question, the district occupied by them, the contract between plaintiff and defendant governing said repairing,…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
— This suit is based upon a contract made by the plaintiff, the Laclede Gas Light Company, and the defendant, dated February 28, 1873. The plaintiff *498seeks to recover for gas supplied fiqthe public lamps in that district of the city which, under the terms of the contract, it agreed to light at thirty dollars per annum, for each lamp, and for repairing, cleaning, lighting, and extinguishing the lights, at the rate of seven dollars per annum for each lamp. Payments were to be made monthly, and this suit is for gas furnished, and. for such services, for the months of December, 1875, to and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- City of St. Louis v. St. Louis Gaslight Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1879
- Brinkman v. HunterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Freeland v. McCulloughCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Curtis v. MooreWisconsin Supreme Court · 1862
- Aull Savings Bank v. City of LexingtonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State ex rel. City of St. Louis v. Laclede Gaslight Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Rinard v. Omaha, Kansas City & Eastern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- McHugh v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad v. SeymourSupreme Court of Florida · 1902
- Dayton Folding Box Co. v. DancigerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911
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