McClellan v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company, from a. j'udgment of the District Court of Mille Lacs County, L. L. Baxter, J., entered October 4,1893, on a verdict for $764.10.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
The evidence in this ease conclusively established that hay and ties claimed by plaintiff as his property were destroyed by fire about October 6, 1889. The fire had been raging for several days. The ties had been piled up for delivery to defendant company on its right of way, and were there destroyed, while the hay was in stacks upon a meadow not far distant. It was shown that some days before, about October 1st, a small fire was seen to break out on defendant’s right of way, north of and close to the track, immediately after a freight train which had parted in two was coupled up at that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hoffman v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
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- Cook v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Twitchell v. Glenwood-Inglewood Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Babcock v. Canadian Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
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