Legal Opinion
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Ostrander
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided January 21, 1888No. 13,012PublishedCited by 37 opinions
From the Vigo Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtNiblack, J.
Joseph W. Ostrander was, at the time of the trial of this cause, and for many years previously had been, the owner of a tract of land in Vigo county constituting a farm, and lying adjacent to a line of railroad operated by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company.
About the last day of July or the first day of August, 1881, an excursion train belonging to that company passed Ostrander’s farm going north. The season was at that period a very dry one, and soon after the train had passed a' fire broke out on Ostrander’s land contiguous to the railroad line, which resulted in burning a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. AdamsIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Toledo & Wabash Railway Co. v. GoddardIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad v. SpencerIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Baltimore & Ohio & Chicago Railroad v. RowanIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. HixonIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Rogers v. LeydenIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
- Kirkpatrick v. ReevesIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. TrowbridgeIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Korrady v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1892
- Heltonville Manufacturing Co. v. FieldsIndiana Supreme Court · 1894
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