Poeppers v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Wm. T. Wood, J adge. cited Sedg. on Ham., (6 Ed.) side p. 82, note 2; Boland v. Missouri River R. R. Co., 36 Mo. 491; Barton v. St. Louis Iron Mountain R. R. Co., 52 Mo. 259; Costigan v. M. $ H. R. R. Co., 2 Hen. 609; Ryan v.'N. Y. Cent. R. R. Co., 35 N. Y. 216; Clemens v. H. $ St. Jo. R. R. Co., 53 Mo. 370; Fent v. T., P. § W. R. R. Go., 59 111. 349 ; Kellogg v. Milwaukee, ¿¡c., Ry. Co., 94 U. S. 469; s. c., 1 Cent.
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Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Wm. T. Wood, J adge. cited Sedg. on Ham., (6 Ed.) side p. 82, note 2; Boland v. Missouri River R. R. Co., 36 Mo. 491; Barton v. St. Louis Iron Mountain R. R. Co., 52 Mo. 259; Costigan v. M. $ H. R. R. Co., 2 Hen. 609; Ryan v.'N. Y. Cent. R. R. Co., 35 N. Y. 216; Clemens v. H. $ St. Jo. R. R. Co., 53 Mo. 370; Fent v. T., P. § W. R. R. Go., 59 111. 349 ; Kellogg v. Milwaukee, ¿¡c., Ry. Co., 94 U. S. 469; s. c., 1 Cent. Law Jour. 278 ; Toledo R. R., $c., v. Muthershaugh, 71 111. 572; s. c., 7 Chic. Leg. News 131; Hooksett v. Concord R. R. Co., 38 N. EC.…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, J.
— Notwithstanding the multitude of decisions, here and elsewhere, in regard to the responsibility of railroad companies for fires escaping from their engines, the present ease undoubtedly presents some novel features, which have occasioned some hesitation in applying to it principles which, after considerable conflict, seem to be now pretty well settled. The facts in this case are that some sparks from a locomotive of defendant set fire to the prairie, about 2 o’clock 'on the evening of the 23d day of November, 1872, near the track, and the grass being very rank and dry, and the wind being…
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