Flanaghan v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Winona county, G-ould, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $175.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This was a fire case, in which plaintiffs had a verdict. It was alleged in the complaint, and claimed on the trial, that the fire in question was started by sparks and coals thrown from and scattered by one of defendant’s locomotives while it was being carelessly and negligently operated along defendant’s line of railway. There was no direct evidence that the fire was started by sparks or coals scattered by the locomotive, but the circumstantial evidence tended to establish this, and was sufficient to warrant the jury in so finding. There are several specifications of error, but we shall…
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- Thorgrimson v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1911
- Riley v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898