Case Name: The Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad Company v. John W. Hotham
Court: Kansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1879-01
Citations: 22 Kan. 54
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad Company v. John W. Hotham.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kansas Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 54–54

Head Matter:
The Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad Company v. John W. Hotham.
Action brought by John W. Hotham, in the district court of Atchison county, against the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad Company, to recover damages alleged to have been by him sustained through the negligence of the Railroad Company in permitting fire to escape from its engines, whereby twenty tons of hay, worth $4 per ton, and belonging to Hotham, were burned and destroyed. Trial at June Term, 1877, and verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $65, and for costs. New trial denied, and the Railroad Company brings the case here for review.
Everest & Waggener, and D. Martin, for plaintiff in error.
W. S. Greenlee, C. K. Wells, and J. F. Tufts, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The judgment of the court below in this case is affirmed, upon the authority of the case of C. B. U. P. Rld. Co. v. J. C. Hotham, ante, p. 41.