Hemmi v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — ITon. Feed O’Donnell, Judge. Action at law to recover damages resulting from a fire set out by a locomotive while being operated on defendant’s line of road. Trial to a jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
— Plaintiff: is the owner of one hundred and thirty acres of land in Dubuque county. Defendant’s line of road runs through a portion of the land in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction, cutting the farm in two — except the northerly portion, which is bounded on the west by what is known as “Nutwood Park.” Defendant’s track runs immediately east of the park, and a steep and almost 'perpendicular bluff rises immediately east of the right of way, the rise in some places commencing on the right of way. The level space between the park and the bluff on plaintiff’s land is almost wholly…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. BruceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
- Greenfield v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1891
- Babcock v. Chicago & Northwestern R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Smith v. KnightSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
- State v. LivingstonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
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