Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. Brady
Supreme Court of Kansas
jError from Pottawatomie District Cowrt. Action by John Brady and David F. Easton, as plaintiffs, to recover from the Railway Company for injuries to plaintiffs’ property alleged to be occasioned by the negligence of the defendant. • Trial at the February Term 1875. "Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs for $335, and the Railway Company brings the case here.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
*381i veraict -when conñicUnjj testimony. *380This was an action brought by John Brady and David F. Easton against the Kansas Pacific Railway Company for alleged negligence in permitting fire to escape from one of the company’s locomotive engines, whereby damage was done to certain property belonging to the plaintiffs. The evidence shows that fire did so escape, and in consequence thereof a hay-stack and a fence around it, both belonging to the plaintiffs, were consumed. The evidence also shows that said engine from which said fire escaped was…
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kellogg v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
- Cook v. Champlain Transportation Co.Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Fero v. . the Buffalo and State Line Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1871
- St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad v. ChaseSupreme Court of Kansas · 1873
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- Acker v. NormanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906
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- Central Branch Union Pacific Rld. v. HenighSupreme Court of Kansas · 1880
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- Omaha Fair & Exposition Ass'n v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1894
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