Dunning v. Maine Central Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Motion and Exceptions by Dependant. This was an action on the case to recover for the loss of the ice houses, and other property therein, formerly belonging to the Katahdin Ice Company, and situate in Bangor between the track of the defendant company and the Penobscot river at High Head.
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On Motion and Exceptions by Dependant. This was an action on the case to recover for the loss of the ice houses, and other property therein, formerly belonging to the Katahdin Ice Company, and situate in Bangor between the track of the defendant company and the Penobscot river at High Head. The case was tried to a jury in the court below, sitting in Penobscot count}7; and it was agreed that.the case should be submitted to the jury upon the single question of the -defendant's liability, with the understanding that if there was a verdict for the plaintiff, it was to be heard by Mr. Justice…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
Action on the case to recover for the loss of property by fire alleged to have been communicated by a locomotive engine of the defendant corporation. The case comes up on a motion for a new trial, and on exceptions. The entire evidence and the charge of the presiding justice are made a part of the bill of exceptions. The plaintiff’s claim is based solely upon the statute, R. S., c. 51, § 64, which provides that “when a building or other property is injured by fire communicated by a locomotive *96engine, the corporation using it is responsible for such injury.” No question of negligence on the…
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