Case Name: THE WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. FLANNIGAN et al., Defendants; RULE, Respondent
Court: St. Louis Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1906-04-10
Citations: 118 Mo. App. 124
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. FLANNIGAN et al., Defendants; RULE, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Missouri Appeal Reports
Volume: 118
Pages: 124–125

Head Matter:
THE WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. FLANNIGAN et al., Defendants; RULE, Respondent.
St. Louis Court of Appeals,
April 10, 1906.
JURISDICTION: Constitutional Question. Where there were rulings by the trial court on constitutional questions adverse to the appellants, although the Court of Appeals may consider the constitutional point not well taken, the case will be- certified to the Supreme Court for want of jurisdiction in the Court of Appeals.
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Now. O’Neill Ryan, Judge.
Certified to Supreme Court.
George 8. Grover and J. L. Minnis for appellant.
Bland & Gave for respondent.

Opinion:
PEE CURIAM. —
In this case the appellant, both in its motion for new trial and its motion in arrest, raised constitutional questions and pointed out the specific sections and articles of tlie Constitution of this State and of the United States, on which it relied. Those motions were overruled; hence, there were rulings on constitutional questions which were adverse to appellant; a fact that deprives this court of jurisdiction of the appeal. The motions were the first pleadings filed by appellant in the present proceeding to assess damages on the injunction bond. It seems to us the constitutional point is not well taken; but this court is not the final arbiter of such a question and our experience is that the final decision of the cause in which it is raised is expedited by certifying the cause to the Supreme Court, where a motion to remand can be filed and the jurisdiction settled. However weak the point made against jurisdiction may be, it is often made the ground of a proceeding to get the cause to the Supreme Court after this court has decided it, thereby entailing delay.
It is, therefore, ordered that this appeal be certified to the Supreme Court.