Legal Opinion

Union Pac. R. v. Lucas

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 18, 1905No. 2,071PublishedCited by 17 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas.

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

About the middle of the afternoon on March 18, 1902, a fire burned the buildings and stock of goods of the defendant in error, Frank P. Lucas. The buildings stood along the north line of the right of way of the Union Pacific Railroad Company through the town of Wa Keeney, a village of about 700 inhabitants. They extended about 170 feet, and at the west end of them was a stable, with an open window on the south side of it, beneath which was a pile of manure and straw which Lucas had thrown out upon the right of way of the railroad company. He sued the company for…

2Cited by17 opinions

  1. Caten v. Salt City Movers & Storage Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
  2. Ozanic v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
  3. Baltimore American Ins. Co. v. Pecos Mercantile Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
  4. Chicago & E. R. v. Ohio City Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
  5. Maxwell v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1936

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