BEARD v. BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD

No. 4391.

99 N.H. 469 (1955)

CLEVELAND W. BEARD & a. v. BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided June 30, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sleeper & Mullavey (Mr. Mullavey orally), for the plaintiffs.

Burns, Calderwood & Bryant (Mr. Bryant orally), for the defendant.


LAMPRON, J.

R. L., c. 300, s. 1, provides that "the proprietors of every railroad shall be liable for all damages to any person or property by fire or steam from any locomotive or other engine upon their road." Section 2 reads as follows: "Such proprietors shall have an insurable interest in all property situate upon the line of their road which is exposed to such damage, and they may effect insurance thereon for their own benefit." By virtue of section...

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