Iowa Cent. Ry. Co. v. Hampton Electric Light & Power Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa; Henry Thomas Reed, Judge. Action at law by the Hampton Electric Eight & Power Company against the Iowa Central Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
The Power Company obtained a judgment against the Railway Company for the destruction of its premises by fire negligently set out by a locomotive engine. The Railway Company contends here that there was no substantial proof that it caused the fire, or of its negligence, and also that the trial court erred in its rulings in respect of a presumption from the nonproduction of a witness.
We think there was sufficient evidence of the origin of the fire for the consideration of the jury. Witnesses testified to the distance between the railroad track and the building, the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. MathewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Jones v. BrimSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Greenfield v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1891
- Hemmi v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- Stewart v. Iowa Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1907
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