Denver & R. G. R. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; Robert E. Lewis, Judge. Action by the United States against the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff for an insufficient amount, and each party brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
RINER, District Judge.
August 31, 1914, the United States, hereafter referred to as the plaintiff, brought this action against the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company, hereafter referred to as the defend • ant, to recover damages for the destruction by fire of certain timber upon lands owned by the plaintiff. Three causes of action are set out in the complaint. In the first cause of action it is alleged that the defendant was operating a line of railroad in Huerfano county, Colo., and that:
“On, to wit, June 1, 1908, tlie said defendant was operating its line of road in said county and state,…
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