Ellis v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

Citations

• 83 Mo. 372

Syllabus

<p>Railroads : killing stock : double damages : jurisdiction. Where the statement, in an action before a justice of the peace against a railroad for double damages for killing stock, alleges that the killing occurred in a township other than the one in which the action is brought and does not aver that the two townships adjoin, and the evidence, also, fails to show that they adjoin, a demurrer to the evidence should be sustained.</p>