Childs v. Standard Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Itasca county to recover $400 for loss caused by defendant’s negligence. The case was tried before McClenahan, J., who when plaintiff rested granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the -action. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Leus, C.
Appeal from an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial of an action for damages for the destruction of his property by a fire alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. On defendant’s motion, the action was dismissed at the close of plaintiff’s case.
In substance the evidence was that defendant operated an oil station at Coleraine in this state, from which it distributed oil in neighboring towns. Among them ivas the village of Marble, where the Marble Mercantile Company conducted a general store, occupying a portion of a three-story brick building. There was a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Christianson v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Stone v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Purcell v. St. Paul City Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Moody v. Gufl Refining Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1919
- Moon v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Johnson v. EvanskiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
- Ferraro v. TaylorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
- Nees v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
- Guile v. GreenbergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1934
- Permenter v. Milner Chevrolet Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1956
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