Legal Opinion

Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad v. Brown

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1883PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error to tbe district court for Saunders county. Tried below before Post, J. cited: 1 Thompson on Negligence, 2, 55, 86. Belinger v. Railroad, 23 New York, 42. Ward v. Telegraph Go., 71 Id., 81. Railroad v. Holhorn, 53 Texas, 46. Railroad v. Qilleland, 6 P. E. Smith, 445. MoFadden v. R. R. Co., 44 N. Y., 478. Withers v. North.

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Error to tbe district court for Saunders county. Tried below before Post, J. cited: 1 Thompson on Negligence, 2, 55, 86. Belinger v. Railroad, 23 New York, 42. Ward v. Telegraph Go., 71 Id., 81. Railroad v. Holhorn, 53 Texas, 46. Railroad v. Qilleland, 6 P. E. Smith, 445. MoFadden v. R. R. Co., 44 N. Y., 478. Withers v. North. Kent R. R. Co., 3 Hun., 969. Tyrrell v. R. R. Co., Ill Mass., 546. Mobile R. R. Co. v. Ashcroft, 48 Ala., 15. Campbell v. Tutor Co., 35 Cal., 679. Hoffman v. Water Co., 16 Cal., 413. Wolf v. Water Co., 10 Cal., 541. Everett v. Flume, and Tunnel Co., 23 Cal., 225.…

1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.

This action was commenced in the district court by the defendant in error, Joshua P. Brown, against the Omaha and Republican Yalley Railroad Company for damages alleged to have been sustained by him in the destruction of his mill and mill site by an overflow of water and ice caused by the faulty plan and construction of the railway *172bridge of said company across the Platte river. The plaintiff below had a verdict and judgment in the district court, and the railway company bring the cause to this court on error’.

There are six grounds of error assigned, but in presenting the views and…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Blakely v. Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Fairbury Brick Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Republican Valley Railroad v. FinkNebraska Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad v. BrownNebraska Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. BuelNebraska Supreme Court · 1906

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