Sawyer v. Wabash Ry. Co.
Decision Date | 21 May 1900 |
Citation | 156 Mo. 468,57 S.W. 108 |
Parties | SAWYER v. WABASH RY. CO. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from St. Louis circuit court; Selden P. Spencer, Judge.
Action by Charles H. Sawyer, trustee, against the Wabash Railway Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial and overruling a motion in arrest, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
This is an action to recover $3,000 for breach of contract. The case was tried to Judge Selden P. Spencer, in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, without the intervention of a jury. The petition is in these words (omitting caption):
The answer admitted the incorporation of defendant as a railroad company, and denied each and every other allegation of the petition. Defendant afterwards, by leave of the court, withdrew its answer and demurrer to the...
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