Bush v. Union Pacific Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This action seeks to charge the defendant, a railway-terminal bridge company, with the cost of making certain changes in the signal system used on and about the railway bridge which crosses the Missouri river at Leavenworth. The terminal company owns the bridge and leases it to certain railways which are defendants herein. The plaintiff owns a railway running north and south in close proximity to the west end of the bridge. In 1892, and again in 1898, the plaintiff undertook the obligation of keeping the bridge signal system in good…