Marron v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Montana Supreme Court
'Appeal from District Court, Valley County; Frank N. Utter, Judge. Action by Peter Marrón to recover damages from defendant Great Northern Railway Company for the destruction of property caused by fires started by the negligent operation of its locomotives. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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'Appeal from District Court, Valley County; Frank N. Utter, Judge. Action by Peter Marrón to recover damages from defendant Great Northern Railway Company for the destruction of property caused by fires started by the negligent operation of its locomotives. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. The measure of damages for injury to his land by reason of the destruction of the roots of the native and perennial blue-joint grass is the difference between the value of the land before and after the fire and not the value of the crop which might, but for the fire, have been…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
The complaint in this action states three causes of action for damages to property, occasioned by fires alleged to have been started by the defendant railway company along its Plentywood line of road, in Yalley county. It is alleged that the first fire occurred on September 18, 1910; the second on April 11, 1911; and the third on April 21, 1911. It is charged that these fires were caused by the negligence of the defendant company, and that certain stacks of hay, and the grass, pasturage and vegetation on plaintiif’s land were destroyed. The answer admits the defendant’s corporate existence…
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