State Ex Rel. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Shain

Decided June 5, 1937. George Robb Ellison wrote the opinion for the court.

105 S.W.2d 915 · Cited 79 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• State Ex Rel. Himmelsbach v. Becker · 85 S.W.2d 420
• State Ex Rel. Union Pac. Railroad Co. v. Bland · 23 S.W.2d 1029
• State Ex Rel. Superior Mineral Co. v. Hostetter · 85 S.W.2d 743
• Hardin v. Ill. Central Railroad Co. · 70 S.W.2d 1075

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• State Ex Rel. Kurn v. Hughes · 153 S.W.2d 46
• Frandeka v. St. Louis Public Service Co. · 234 S.W.2d 540
• State Ex Rel. Alton Railroad Co. v. Shain · 143 S.W.2d 233
• Fitzpatrick v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. · 146 S.W.2d 560
• McGraw v. Montgomery · 185 S.W.2d 309
• State Ex Rel. St. Joseph Belt Railway Co. v. Shain · 145 S.W.2d 131
• Branscum v. Glaser · 234 S.W.2d 626
• East v. McMenamy · 266 S.W.2d 728
• Wehrli v. Wabash Railroad Company · 315 S.W.2d 765
• Walter v. Alt · 152 S.W.2d 135
• Lohmann v. Wabash Railroad · 269 S.W.2d 885
• Poague v. Kurn · 140 S.W.2d 13
• Downing v. Dixon · 313 S.W.2d 644
• Borrson v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad · 172 S.W.2d 835
• Zickefoose v. Thompson · 148 S.W.2d 784
• Gray v. Esslinger · 130 P.2d 24
• State Ex Rel. Klein v. Hughes · 173 S.W.2d 877
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• Ducoulombier v. Thompson · 124 S.W.2d 1105
• Kelly v. Terminal Railroad Ass'n of St. Louis · 315 S.W.2d 699
• Davis v. F. M. Stamper Co. · 148 S.W.2d 765
• Pearrow v. Thompson · 121 S.W.2d 811
• Sandoval v. Brown · 346 P.2d 551
• Rivera v. Ancient City Oil Corporation · 302 P.2d 953
• State Ex Rel. Johnson v. Blair · 174 S.W.2d 851

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