St. Louis, C. G. & Ft. S. Ry. Co. v. Wayne County
Decision Date | 04 December 1894 |
Citation | 125 Mo. 351,28 S.W. 494 |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Parties | ST. LOUIS, C. G. & FT. S. RY. CO. v. WAYNE COUNTY. |
Wayne county for damages for breach of contract. Judgment was rendered for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
M. R. Smith, for appellant. M. M. Sheets, Dinning & Byrns, and John H. Raney, for respondent.
This is an action upon a written contract entered into on March 14, 1882, by and between the Cape Girardeau Southwestern Railway Company, of the first part, and the county of Wayne, of the second part, the county at the time acting through the county court. The contract, leaving off the formal parts, reads as follows: ...
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