State ex rel. Attorney General v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Quo warranto proceeding. cited : Pennsylvania E. E. Co. v. Canal Comrs., 21 Pa. St. 22; Attorney General v. West Wisconsin Ey. Co., 36 Wis. 466; The People v. Albany & Vermont E. E. Co., 19 How. Pr. 523 ; 37 Barb. 216 ; 24 N. Y. 261; Brigham v. Agrie. Br.
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Quo warranto proceeding. cited : Pennsylvania E. E. Co. v. Canal Comrs., 21 Pa. St. 22; Attorney General v. West Wisconsin Ey. Co., 36 Wis. 466; The People v. Albany & Vermont E. E. Co., 19 How. Pr. 523 ; 37 Barb. 216 ; 24 N. Y. 261; Brigham v. Agrie. Br. E. E. Co., 1 Allen, 316 ; 1 Eedf. on Eys., last ed., 410, part 4, pi. 11, note 15 ; Pierce on Eys. 218 ; Act of March 3,1851, sec. 7 ; Morris & Essex E. E. Co. v. Central E. E. Co., 31 N. J. L. 208, 209; Works v. Junction E. E.-Co., 5 McLean, 425; Little Miami E. E. Co. v. Nayler, 2 Ohio St. 235 ; Blakemore v. Glam. Canal N. Co., 1 Myl. & K.…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto instituted by the attorney general in the name of the State, calling on the respondent to show by what warrant it claims to have and enjoy certain liberties, franchises, and privileges which it exercises in St. Louis County.
The information sets forth the act of March 3, 1851, incorporating the North Missouri Bailroad Company ; an act amendatory of the first, approved January 7, 1853, which *183permitted the company (sec. 9) to continue its road from St. Charles to any point in the city of St. Louis, and for that purpose to have and hold a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State ex rel. Attorney-General v. SteersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
- Daniels v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
3Cited by1 opinion
- Henry v. Wabash Western RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1891