Toledo, St. L. & K. C. R. R. v. Kingman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for damages. Appeal from a judgment for plaintiff, rendered by the Circuit Court of Shelby County; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Circuit Judge, presiding. Heard in this ciurt at the November term, A. D.'1892, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court,
Boggs, J.
hire communicated to appellee’s premises from the engines of the appellant company, burned a stack of hay, some 1,(500 rails in a fence, ancl about eighteen acres of meadow. This action was instituted before a justice of the peace to recover the damages thus occasioned. The appellant company brought the case into the Circuit Court by appeal and this is an appeal from the judgment in favor of the appellee in the Circuit Court. The fires in question originated off the appellant’s right of way, and it is conceded that the evidence sufficiently shows that they were…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. MillsIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. QuaintanceIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
- Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. LarmonIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute R. R. v. FunkIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
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