Miller Grain & Elevator Co. v. Union Pac. Ry. Co.
Decision Date | 04 May 1897 |
Citation | 40 S.W. 894,138 Mo. 658 |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Parties | MILLER GRAIN & ELEVATOR CO. v. UNION PAC. RY. CO. |
Action begun before a justice of the peace by the Miller Grain & Elevator Company against the Union Pacific Railway Company for failure to deliver freight. On appeal to the circuit court judgment was rendered for defendant, and plaintiff appealed to the court of civil appeals, which transferred the case to the supreme court as involving a constitutional question. Affirmed.
This action was begun before a justice of the peace upon the following statement:
The case was tried on the following agreed statement of facts:
It was also then agreed that the constitution and laws of Nebraska, and the decisions of the court of that state, and the laws and decisions of Illinois were...
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