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Vassar v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided April 24, 1931No. 27630PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPaine, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a verdict of ten jurors for $3,464.33 in a suit for damages brought in Dawes county, Nebraska, for the destruction of 1,954 bushels of stored potatoes destroyed by the burning of a potato cellar, located 198 feet from the main track, from a fire alleged to be negligently started by sparks from a freight engine passing through the village of Mars-land. Liability was denied and proof was given that the engine was .equipped with proper spark arresters.

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. People v. . BrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  2. People v. . MichalowNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
  3. Pierson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Cabel v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922
  5. Raymond's Admx. v. Rutland Railway, Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1916

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Grudt v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  3. Pandula v. FonsecaSupreme Court of Florida · 1940
  4. Johnson v. GriepenstrohNebraska Supreme Court · 1948
  5. Wells v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973

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