Crissey & Fowler Lumber Co. v. Denver & Rio Grande Railroad

This suit grew out of a fire at Colorado Springs on October 1, 1898, which destroyed a large amount of property. Among other victims was The Crissey & Fowler Lumber Company, who, it is alleged, lost a large amount of lumber and building materials then being in a lumber yard maintained by them, lying not far distant from the tracks of the defendant railroad company. It is claimed that the fire originated in the freight yards of the defendant railroad company at or about its freight depot, through the negligence of said defendant, and the plaintiff seeks to make it liable for the loss incurred.…