Taylor v. Minneapolis, Saint Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.

Plaintiff sues on ten causes of action, claiming damages in excess of $12,000 by reason of a prairie fire alleged to have been caused by employees of the defendant burning grass on the defendant’s right of way and permitting the fire to spread to the premises of the plaintiff and other claimants, these claimants having assigned their claims to plaintiff. The defendant enters a general denial, after admitting its own incorporation.

At the close of the plaintiff’s case the defendant moved for a directed verdict. The motion was renewed at the close of the case and was -denied by the court.

The…