CHICAGO, MIL. & ST. PAUL RY. CO. v. POLT

No. 161.

232 U.S. 165 (1914)

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY v. POLT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 26, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William G. Porter, with whom Mr. Burton Hanson, Mr. Ed. L. Grantham and Mr. Harrison C. Preston were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a suit against the plaintiff in error for loss of property destroyed by fire communicated from its locomotive engine. A statute of South Dakota, after making the Railroad Company absolutely responsible in such cases, goes on to make it liable for double the amount of damage actually sustained unless it pays the full amount within sixty days from notice. If, within...

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