Brennan Lumber Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Pine county to recover $130,000 damages for injury to plaintiff’s property alleged to have been caused by a fire set by defendant’s engine. The case was tried before Crosby, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $67,554.46; and from an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
This action was brought by the Brennan Lumber Company, plaintiff, about August 15, 1896, to recover of the defendant the sum of $130,000 damages which it alleges it sustained on account of a fire running over plaintiff’s land, and thereby burning and injuring pine timber and trees on said land,, and destroying plaintiff’s lumber camp thereon situate. It is also alleged that the fire originated September 17, 1891, on the line of defendant’s railroad, by its train setting fire to dry grass, brush, and other inflammable material allowed by defendant to accumulate upon its right of way, and that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Baxter v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
3Cited by4 opinions
- James Turner & Sons v. Great Northern Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1937
- McCool v. DavisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
- Brennan Lumber Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Potter v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1925