Potter v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Eaton; Smith, J. Case by John C. Potter against the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company for the negligent burning of plaintiff’s building. A judgment for plaintiff is reviewed by defendant on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, C. J.
Plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant for damages for the loss of a building by fire alleged to have been set by sparks negligently permitted to escape from one of defendant’s locomotives. The evidence tended to show that the fire started in the roof of a building used as an apple dryer at a point some 81 feet from the defendant’s side track, from which it was communicated to the building in question. A high west wind was blowing with a velocity estimated at 60 miles an *217hour. The weather was very dry, and the shingles of the roof of the apple dryer quite old.
Defendant has brought…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Clark v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1907
- Dolph v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1907
- Peck v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Jamieson v. N. Y. & Rockaway Beach Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Brush v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Wight v. H. G. Christman Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1928
- Union Ice Co. v. Detroit & Mackinac Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1914
- Pennsylvania Fire Insurance v. Ann Arbor RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
- Budd v. Ann Arbor RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1918
- Stoddard v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1916
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