Brennan Lumber Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Pine county to recover $130,000 and interest, damages for injury to property occasioned by fire alleged to have been set by defendant’s engine. The case was tried before Crosby, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $57,535.62. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Appeal from an order denying defendant’s alternative motion made under the provisions of Laws 1895, c. 320, after a verdict in plaintiff’s favor, in an action brought to recover damages alleged to have been caused by a fire set by one of defendant’s locomotives.
The cause has been here before (77 Minn. 360, 79 N. W. 1032), at which time a like order was reversed, and a new trial granted on the ground that from the evidence it did not sufficiently appear that the fire which caused the damage was traced or identified as having been started by the locomotive. It is obvious that the principal…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cruikshank v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Brennan Lumber Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Martyn v. Minnesota & International Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
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