Legal Opinion
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, a Foreign Corporation v. Thomas W. Howell and Dorothy Howell, His Wife
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1968No. 9875PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Chief Judge.
In this diversity suit against the Railroad, the Howells claimed that the Railroad’s passing train set the fire which caused the damage to their adjoining land and which proximately caused injuries to Mrs. Howell in her efforts to put out the fire. The jury found that the passing train did set the fire and assessed damages to the property and for Mrs. Howell’s injuries, the amount of which is not in dispute on this appeal. The Railroad meets the critical issue fairly and squarely with the contention that the evidence is wholly insufficient as a matter of law to justify the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Ben Perlmutter and Bernice Perlmutter v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the Perlmutters, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
- Bartlett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
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