McMahon v. Pacific Express Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s motion to quash the panel. The law of 1891 is unconstitutional. The act of 1891, in Session Laws of 1891, page 172, is invalid and unconstitutional, on the following grounds: First.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s motion to quash the panel. The law of 1891 is unconstitutional. The act of 1891, in Session Laws of 1891, page 172, is invalid and unconstitutional, on the following grounds: First. Said act is contrary to article 4, section 53, constitution of Missouri, in that it is a special and local law regulating the affairs of counties, cities, etc., * * * regulating the practice of courts * * * and the summoning and impaneling of grand and petit juries. State ex rel. v. County Court, 89 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtBubgess, J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, resulting from the collision between two wagons moving in adverse directions, on Sixth street in Kansas City, Missouri. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $1,000, from which said judgment defendant appealed.
On the nineteenth day of March, 1892, the plaintiff, who was then about seventeen years of age, was driving a light delivery wagon westerly on Sixth street, in said city, near the north curbing of said street. There was at the same time a buggy standing against the same curbing. When…
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