A. T. & S. F. Railroad v. Bales
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Chase District Cowrt. Bales sued the Railroad Company for damages resulting from a fire alleged to have been negligently set out by the company.
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Error from Chase District Cowrt. Bales sued the Railroad Company for damages resulting from a fire alleged to have been negligently set out by the company. He alleged in his petition that the engine was old and out of repair, that the servants of the company were careless in the management of such engine, and by such careless management fires were set to the prairie every few rods between Topeka and Newton; that at least a dozen fires were set by said engine in Chase county, and by reason of said fires as aforesaid certain property of plaintiffs, 80 rods of post-and-rail fence, three corrals,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This is another of those actions brought against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad Company for damages claimed to have resulted from the negligence of the company in permitting fire to escape from its engine No. 9, on October 12th 1871. We have already decided four of those cases, to-wit, that of William M. Stanford, (12 Eas. 354,) of Neil Campbell, of Joseph Rickabaugh, and of Stephen Shaw, (ante, 200, 209.) In deciding those cases we have decided every question involved in this case, and several others besides. In fact, only the…
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