Milton Mfg. Co. v. Chicago, B. & Q. R.
District Court, S.D. Iowa
At Law. Action by the Milton Manufacturing Company against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, in which Henry C. Taylor, trustee, intervened. On demurrer to the petition and petition of intervention.
1Opinion of the Court
WADE, District Judge.
The plaintiff leased a portion of the right of way of the defendant, and erected thereon a plant for the manufacture of ax handles, which plant, together with the stock of manufactured products, machinery, and fixtures, was destroyed by fire alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for the loss of said property, and the intervener, Plenry C. Taylor, trustee, intervenes in the action, alleging that at the time of the fire he held a mortgage for $7,000 upon the property destroyed.
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- Mynard v. Syracuse, Binghamton & New York RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
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- Nolton v. . Western Railroad CorporationNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Perkins v. . the New York Central Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
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