Chicago G. W. Ry. Co. v. Gitchell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action for Damages. — Loss of property destroyed by fire. Appeal from the County Court of Ogle County; the Hon. Prank E.Reed, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit by appellees, Ellen Gitchell and George Acker son, to recover damages for injuries caused by fire to their partnership property, October 9, 1899. The fire was set by an engine passing over the road of appellant in. the town of Byron in Ogle county. It caught in the dry weeds and grass growing upon the right of way ahd ran from there to the land of another party, and thence onto the farm occupied by appellees. It destroyed about 100 tons of oat straw in stack, some fencing, and a couple of gates. It also burned over…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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