Northern Pac. R. Co. v. Lewis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Montana. ■ Action by George S. Lewis and others against the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to recover the value of certain cord wood alleged to have been destroyed through defendant’s negligence. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Gilbert, Circuit Judge.
This case comes on a writ of error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Montana. The case was tried before a jury, and a judgment rendered against the railroad company for the sum of 821,487.83. The complaint alleged in substance that on or about August 5, 1890, while the railroad company was using and operating a railroad in Jefferson county, Mont., it failed to keep its right of way and railroad track free from dead grass, weeds, brush, and other combustible material, and used locomotives which threw a large amount of sparks, which fell upon…
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