Legal Opinion
Sunlight Carbon Co. v. St. Louis & S. F. R.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 1, 1926No. 7104PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, District Judge.
On October 22, 1921, the manufacturing plant of plaintiff in error, located at Red Fork, Tulsa county, Okl., was destroyed by fire. This suit was brought to recover from the defendant railroad company the damages suffered by plaintiff through the loss of its plant. The complaint contains three causes of action. In the first cause of action it is alleged that sparks from an engine being 'operated upon the railroad of the defendant in the vicinity of plaintiff’s property set fire to dry grass and other combustible material on the right of way of the railroad, and that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. VoigtSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. WylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Santa Fe, Prescott & Phœnix Railway Co. v. Grant Bros. Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Hartford Fire Insurance v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. MathewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. v. Louisville & NR Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1928
- Cacey v. Virginian Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1936
- Sinclair Refining Co. v. StevensCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- Miller and Company of Birmingham, Inc. v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Terminal Railroad Assn. v. Ralston-Purina Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1944
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