J. H. Worden Lumber & Shingle Co. v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Chippewa; Steere, J. Case by the J. H. Worden Lumber & Shingle Company against the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company for negligently setting fire to plaintiff’s property. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
This is an action, brought by insurers in the name of plaintiff, the insured, to recover damages for the alleged negligent destruction of property by fire set by one of defendant’s engines.
The declaration consists of four counts. It is alleged in each count that on August 3, 1908, a large stock of lumber, etc., valued at $70,000, and a dwelling house, valued at $500, belonging to the plaintiff and situated adjacent to the defendant’s line of railroad at Dick, in Chippewa county, were destroyed by a fire which was communicated thereto by sparks of fire from a passing locomotive engine of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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