Legal Opinion
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Nitsche
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1890No. 14,550PublishedCited by 36 opinions
From the Lake Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
— Gathered and grouped in a form sufficiently full and clear to exhibit the questions of law which arise in this case, the facts, as they appear in the special finding, may be thus stated: The appellee is the owner of lands used for ordinary farming and grazing purposes adjoining the appellant’s railroad. On the 19th day of July, 1887, the section hands of the appellant, by order of its road-master, set fire to grass, weeds and other combustible materials on the appellant’s right of way, a short distance* from the appellee’s land, and burned off a great part of the space occupied by the…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. KelloggSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Insurance Co. v. BoonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Ehrgott v. . Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Lake v. Atlantic WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Hayes v. Michigan Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Silver Falls Timber Co. v. Eastern & Western Lumber Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1934
- Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. McFallIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
- Brown v. American Steel & Wire Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1909
- Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. MartinIndiana Court of Appeals · 1902
- Knouff v. City of LogansportIndiana Court of Appeals · 1901
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