Legal Opinion
Spiritwood Grain Co. v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1950No. 14009PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
The Spiritwood Grain Company owned a grain elevator located on ground leased from the Northern Pacific Railway Company at its station at Spiritwood, North Dakota. The elevator and its contents were destroyed by fire on September 26, 1948. The property destroyed was insured by Millers National Insurance Company. Suit was brought by the Grain Company against the Railway Company to recover the loss on the ground that the fire was negligently spread by one of the Railway Company’s steam locomotives. The Insurance Company having paid the loss joined as party plaintiff under…
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