Terms Used In Missouri Laws 153.010

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Any person, persons, joint stock association, company or corporation incorporated under the laws of any state, territory or country, conveying to, from or through this state, or any part thereof, money, packages, gold, silver, plate, articles, goods, merchandise or effects of any kind by express, on contract with any railroad or steamboat company, or the managers, lessees, agents or receiver thereof, not including railroad companies or steamboats engaged in the ordinary transportation of merchandise and property in this state, shall be deemed to be an “express company”.

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