Balsley v. St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery county; the Hon. W. B. Welch, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an action brought by John S. Balsley, against the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Bailroad Company, to recover damages for the loss, in 1881, of a quantity of hay, by fire communicated from a freight engine on defendant’s railroad, to and through dry grass and weeds on its right of way.
Section 38, chapter 114, of the Bailroad and Warehouse act, approved March 1, 1874, (Bev. Stat. 1874, p. 807,) is as follows: “It shall he the duty of all railroad corporations to keep their right of way clear from all dead grass, dry weeds, or other dangerous combustible material, and for neglect…
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