KIRK v. ST. JOSEPH STOCK YARDS CO.

No. 14673.

206 F.2d 283 (1953)

KIRK v. ST. JOSEPH STOCK YARDS CO.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Gage, Kansas City, Mo. (John C. Landis III, St. Joseph, Mo., Earle W. Frost, John H. Kreamer, Gage, Hillix, Moore & Park, Kansas City, Mo., and Landis & Landis, St. Joseph, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

R. A. Brown, Jr., St. Joseph, Mo. (Brown, Douglas & Brown, St. Joseph, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and WOODROUGH and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


GARDNER, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the St. Joseph Stock Yards Company entered on a verdict directed by the court at the close of plaintiff's testimony. It was alleged in the complaint (designated as petition) that diversity of citizenship existed between the plaintiff and defendant and that the amount in controversy exceeded three thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs; that defendant at all times here involved conducted and...

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