Legal Opinion
Warren v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 24, 1896No. Nos. 9877-(148)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Clay county, Searle, J., denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
Plaintiff recovered a verdict against defendant as damages for the negligence of its sectionmen in setting a fire on its right of way, in the course of their employment, which fire, it is claimed, was negligently permitted to escape, and to spread over the prairie, until it reached plaintiff’s property, some three miles away, and burned the same. Defendant appeals from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
1. It is urged as a ground for reversal that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence. It is conceded that the sectionmen set a fire in the angle between the side track and the…
2Cited by5 opinions
- Bales v. MurraySupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
- Pampusch v. National Council of Knights & Ladies of SecuritySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- Wilson v. Northwestern National Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Olson v. Gopher State Benevolent SocietySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1938
- In re MostromCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1986