Dent v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.

Citations

• 83 Mo. 496

Syllabus

<p>1. Constitution: JUSTICES or peace: jurisdiction: railroads. The statute (R. S., seo. 2835) giving to justices of the peace jurisdiction in actions against railroads for killing the animals therein named without regard to their value, is not a special law and is constitutional.</p> <p>2. Railroads : cattle guards : farm crossing's. The statute (R. S. sec. 809) does not require railroads to construct cattle guards at farm crossings.</p>