Legal Opinion

Michigan Millers Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. CANADIAN NORTH. RY. CO.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 26, 1945No. 13089PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARDNER, Circuit Judge.

This was an action brought by Michigan Millers Mutual Fire Insurance Company and three other fire insurance companies against Canadian Northern Railway Company, to recover damages caused by the destruction by fire of a warehouse or grain elevator located on the right of way of the Railway Company, it being alleged that the fire was caused to be set by the defendant and negligently permitted to get beyond its control so that it consumed the warehouse or elevator, with its contents, on which the insurance companies had issued fire insurance policies, insuring the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. LockwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  2. Santa Fe, Prescott & Phœnix Railway Co. v. Grant Bros. Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. Hartford Fire Insurance v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
  4. Union Pacific Railroad v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  5. The Ansaldo San Giorgio I v. Rheinstrom Brothers Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  4. Minneapolis-Moline Co. v. Chicago, M., St. P. & P. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1952
  5. Spiritwood Grain Co. v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950

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