Grissell v. Housatonic Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for the destruction of fences and trees upon the land of the plaintiff near the railroad of the defendant company by fire communicated by the locomotive of the defendants; brought before a justice of the peace, and, by appeal, to the Court of Common Pleas of Litchfield County, and tried to the jury before Warner, J. The action was founded upon the following statute, enacted in 1881:— “ Where any injury is done to' a building or other property of any person or…
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Action for the destruction of fences and trees upon the land of the plaintiff near the railroad of the defendant company by fire communicated by the locomotive of the defendants; brought before a justice of the peace, and, by appeal, to the Court of Common Pleas of Litchfield County, and tried to the jury before Warner, J. The action was founded upon the following statute, enacted in 1881:— “ Where any injury is done to' a building or other property of any person or corporation, by fire communicated by a locomotive engine of any railroad corporation, without contributory negligence on the…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
This action is founded on the statute of 1881, (Session Laws of that year, eh. 92,) the first section of which is as follows:—“ Where an injury is done to a building or other property of any person or corporation by a fire communicated by a locomotive engine of any railroad corporation, without contributory negligence on the part of the person or corporation entitled to the care and possession of the property injured, the said railroad corporation shall be held responsible in damages to the extent of such injury, to the person or corporation so injured; and any railroad corporation shall have…
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