Smith v. Boston & Maine Railroad

63 N.H. 25

• Court: Supreme Court of New Hampshire
• Decided: June 5, 1884
• Status: Published

Opinion

Doe, C. J.

The federal question is settled by federal authority un favor of the plaintiff. No question was raised at the trial as to 4he effect of including a risk of fire in land damages paid by the defendants when their road was built. It does not appear that the ■ road was built on land now owned by the plaintiff.

Evidence that other fires were set by the defendants’ locomotives might tend to show that this fire could have been and probably was set in the same manner.

The plaintiff having received nothing from the insurance company, the defendants were entitled to no deduction by the jury from the damages, upon Gen. Laws,, c. 162, s. 10. The rights of the parties, derived from that section, were not determined by the ■ verdict.

Judgment on the verdict.

Allen, J., did not sit: the others concurred.