Hoffman v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for McLeod county, Eclson, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
The ■ plaintiff in this case seeks to recover the value of certain stacks of hay which he alleges were destroyed by a fire caused by the negligent manner of operating one of defendant’s locomotives, on the 9th day of October, 3 885. The testimony as to the origin of the fire which burned the hay is fully as satisfactory as it was in Karsen v. Mil. & St. Paul Ry. Co., 29 Minn. 12, (11 N. W. *61Rep. 122,) and Sibley v. Northern Pacific R. Co., 32 Minn. 526, (21 N. W. Rep. 732,) and of the character usually obtainable in such cases. It tended to show that immediately upon the passing of an…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Karsen v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Sibley v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
3Cited by8 opinions
- Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. HartIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Butler v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
- Babcock v. Canadian Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Cummings v. Pennsylvania Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
- McClellan v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
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