Legal Opinion
Bushnell v. Telluride Power Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 14, 1944No. 2942PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRATTON, Circuit Judge.
Telluride Power Company brought this action against I. Ernest Bushnell, Ura Bushnell, and J. Leo Stott to recover damages. It was alleged in the complaint that defendants negligently and without authority of law started a fire on certain land in Millard County, Utah, covered with sagebrush and other inflammable material; that some of the land was part of the public domain of the United States, some was owned by the State of Utah, and some was in private ownership, but none was the property of the defendants; that the land was within a duly created fire district; that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Ford v. Wabash Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1927
- Cobb v. TwitchellSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
- Smith v. Mine & Smelter Supply Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1907
- Rogers v. Rio Grande Western Ry. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1907
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Highland Golf Club of Iowa Falls v. Sinclair Refining Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1945
- Underwriters Salvage Co. Of New York v. Davis & Shaw Furniture Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
- Hanks v. ChristensenUtah Supreme Court · 1960
- Iron City Sand & Gravel Division of McDonough Co. v. West Fork Towing Corp.District Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1969
- Hentschel v. Baby Bathinette Corp. (White Metal Rolling & Stamping Corp., Third Party Defendant)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
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