Woodward v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an action against the railway-company for damages -for alleged negligence in the operation of one of its locomotives whereby the farm buildings of the plaintiff Woodward were burned. The main line of the defendant’s railroad between Minneapolis and Chicago ran within 150 feet of Woodward’s buildings. Between the railroad and the buildings there was a traveled highway. On the afternoon of May 1, 1900, after an engine of the defendant drawing a regular passenger train of eight cars had passed southeasterly along the railroad, a fire, which subsequently consumed…
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- Randall v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Spaulding v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
- Karsen v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Spaulding v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
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