St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.

As appears by the complaint, this action is to recover tbe value of eight freight cars belonging to plaintiff, which were consumed, while in the possession of the •defendant, in the great fire that occurred in the milling district of Minneapolis, on the evening of the 2d day of May, 1878. The circumstances connected with the loss, as stated in the complaint, are briefly these: Soon after noon of that day, defendant, under a prior special agreement between the -companies, first took possession of these cars from the plaintiff at Merriam Junction, where its line of railroad had a rail…