Cohn v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — How. James U Fort, Judge. (1) The statutes provide that if any common carrier shall do, or cause to be done, any act or thing’ in the statute declared to be unlawful, it shall be liable to the person or persons injured for three times the amount of damages sustained by reason of said violations,-etc.
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Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — How. James U Fort, Judge. (1) The statutes provide that if any common carrier shall do, or cause to be done, any act or thing’ in the statute declared to be unlawful, it shall be liable to the person or persons injured for three times the amount of damages sustained by reason of said violations,-etc. R. S. 1899, seo. 1140. (2) The petition alleges, first, that defendant gave an undue and unreasonable advantage and preference to Dexter, Essex, Sikeston and Charleston as localities over Poplar Bluff as a locality; second, that it has charged more compensation…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is an action for damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiffs by reason of the violation by defendant of sections 2636 and 2637, Revised Statutes 1889, section 1133 and 1Í34, Revised Statutes 1899, and the penalty imposed therefor by section 2643 of the same act. The petition is in two counts and as amended is as follows:
“Plaintiffs state that the above named Peter Cohn and Sallie Pelz are, and for more than three years past have been, partners engaged in the general merchandise business in the city of Poplar Bluff, Butler county, Missouri, under the firm name and style of Cohn &…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. GoodridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Winsor Coal Co. v. Chicago & A. R. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri · 1892
- McGrew v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- McGrew v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Langdon v. New York, Lake Erie & Western Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1891
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- Sherman v. SipperTexas Supreme Court · 1941
- Cohn v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
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- McGrew v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1910
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