Wibaux Realty Co. v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

February 4, 1931, the six plaintiffs, all residents of the town of Wibaux, Montana, commenced these actions against the defendant, a railway corporation, by filing complaints in the district court of Wibaux county. By stipulation of counsel it was agreed that the six actions might be tried as one case; separate verdicts to be returned in each. Other cases arising out of the same flood event had theretofore been tried in both the state and federal courts, other actions were pending, and one case had come before this court on appeal. (Heckaman v. Northern Pacific Ry. Co., 93 Mont. 336, 20 Pac.…