State Ex Rel. Hines v. Calhoun
Supreme Court of Missouri
. Prohibition. The suit of Joseph SharamitarO' v. Union Pacific Railroad Company-et al., No. 20072, pending in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, is an attempt to subject Walker D. Hines to the jurisdiction of the said court, in violation of the plain provisions of the statutes of Missouri relating to the venue of suits against corporations, because of which said circuit court was possessed of no jurisdiction over the person of the Director General of Railroads.
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. Prohibition. The suit of Joseph SharamitarO' v. Union Pacific Railroad Company-et al., No. 20072, pending in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, is an attempt to subject Walker D. Hines to the jurisdiction of the said court, in violation of the plain provisions of the statutes of Missouri relating to the venue of suits against corporations, because of which said circuit court was possessed of no jurisdiction over the person of the Director General of Railroads. Sec. 1754, R. S. 1909; Sec. 10, chap. 25, TJ. S. Statutes at Large, Yol. 40, p. 452; Rutherford v. U, P. Railroad Co., 254…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
The suit out of which this proceeding grew, was instituted in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis of Joseph Sharamitaro, administrator of the estate of Leo Sharamitaro, deceased, to recover* damages caused by the alleged negligence of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation, for injuries received bj^ the deceased, which resulted in his death. A summons was issued out of the’clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, and directed to the sheriff of Jackson County, Missouri, for service. Serv~ ice was duly liad upon the agent of the defendant’s company, in…
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