Moore v. St. Louis & S. F. R. Co.
| Decision Date | 05 March 1906 |
| Court | Missouri Court of Appeals |
| Parties | MOORE v. ST. LOUIS & S. F. R. CO. |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jasper County; Hugh Dabbs, Judge.
Action by J. L. Moore against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed.
L. F. Parker and Woodruff & Mann, for appellant. Howard Gray, for respondent.
Plaintiff brought his action for damages against defendant by filing his petition, wherein he claimed, among other things, that he was damaged for the destruction of his "elevator and sludge mill" in the sum of $675. The jury returned a verdict giving him damages on that account for $900, and judgment was rendered accordingly.
The judgment should not have been for more than was asked and it is accordingly reversed and the cause remanded. Smith v. Royse, 165 Mo. 654, 658, 65 S. W. 994; Moore v. Dixon, 50 Mo. 424; Maupin v. Triplett, 5 Mo. 423; State ex rel. v. Davidson, 87 Mo. 683; Pope v. Salsman, 35 Mo. 362; Hayton v. Hope, 3 Mo. 53. All concur.
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