Fremont, E. & M. V. R. v. Crum
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Antelope county. Tried below before Norris, J. cited, on the contention that the measure of damages was the difference in value of land before and after fire: B. & M. R. Co. v. Beebe, 14 Neb., 463 ; Drake v. R. Co., 63 la., 310; Brooks v. R. Co., 34 N. W. Rep. [la.], 805; Wallace v. Gooda'l, 18 N. H., 456; Longfellow v. Quimby, 33 Me., 457; Chip-man v. Hibberd, 6 Cal., 162; Van Deusen v. Young, 29 Barb. [N. Y.J, 9; US. v. Taylor, 35 Fed.
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Error to the district court for Antelope county. Tried below before Norris, J. cited, on the contention that the measure of damages was the difference in value of land before and after fire: B. & M. R. Co. v. Beebe, 14 Neb., 463 ; Drake v. R. Co., 63 la., 310; Brooks v. R. Co., 34 N. W. Rep. [la.], 805; Wallace v. Gooda'l, 18 N. H., 456; Longfellow v. Quimby, 33 Me., 457; Chip-man v. Hibberd, 6 Cal., 162; Van Deusen v. Young, 29 Barb. [N. Y.J, 9; US. v. Taylor, 35 Fed. Rep., 488; Chase v. R. Co., 24 Barb. [N. Y.], 273-5; Blakeley v. R. Co., 25 Neb., 207; F., E. & M. V. R. Co. v. Harley, Id.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Cobb, Ch. J.
The plaintiff below alleged “that the defendant is an incorporated railroad company, owning and operating its line in said county near the plaintiff’s land, described in her petition as amended by leave of the court as the north half of the north half of section 9, township 25, range 7 west.
“I. That on April 6, 1887, the defendant carelessly and negligently omitted to keep its right of way free and clear of dry and combustible materials, but permitted a large quantity of dry grass and weeds to accumulate upon its track near the premises of plaintiff, and that the agents and…
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