The Colorado Milling & Elevator Co., a Corporation v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co., a Corporation

MURRAH, Chief Judge.

In this indemnification suit Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company seeks to recover from its lessee, Colorado Milling & Elevator Company, an amount paid by the railroad as settlement to an injured employee. Judge Bohanon held that the lease contract, and particularly its indemnity provisions, clearly and unambiguously bound the milling company-appellant to indemnify the railroad-appellee. We affirm.

The stipulated facts show that in 1964, the milling company leased from the railroad certain adjacent property, including trackage and scales. For many years…