J'BANKLE' t1. JACKSON.
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FRANKLE 11. JACKSON. (Ot1'euU (lOW1'e,
D. Colorado. January 9,1888.)
TmcSPAIl8-0mGIlUL ENTRY-SUBSEQUENT USER-LnUTATION OJ!' ACTION8.
In an action against a railroad company for damages to plaintiff's hotel property, caused by a main and side track on the street in front thereof, and for loading and unloading cars; and allowinp; them to stand on the tracks, held, where the damages, as to the main track, are barred by the statute of limit· ations, plaintifi' may recover, for the side track, such damages as are not due to the main track.
At Law. Action for damages. :plaintiff, FrankIe, sueu defendant, Jackson, receiver of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company, for damages to her property caused by laying of tracks on the stre<>t in front of her property, and the use of them. Trial to the court, and judgment for plaintiff for 8300. B1'O'U1T&e &: Putnam, for plaintiff. , E. O. Walcott, for defendant. BREWER, J. This case, which is an action for damages to plaintiff's lots and buildings in this city, caused by placing a railroad track and side track on the street in front thereof, and by the loading and unloading of coal cars, and permitting them to stand an unreasonable length of time, thus converting the street into a coal-yard, came before me last spring on a demurrer to the answer. 30' Fed. Rep. 398. I then ruled that so much of the complaint as counts on for the unlawful entry in respect to the main track, was barred by the statute of limitations, that having been made in 1871, which left the case one simply for damages for the construction of the side track, and for improperly permitting cars to remain on the track', and for using the street as a coal-yard. The case on its merits was tried last Friday, and tried before me without a jury, and, in order that I might be thoroughly advised, I was taken to the premises and examined them with counsel. The sidetrack in front oftheplaintitrs premises deflects from the main track but and yet it is an additional track, which, of course, in the management of the railroad, brings more cars, induces the leaving ofstanding cars more often, and for a greater length of time, so that it is fair to say that there is some damage caused by the putting in of that side track; Arid, for at least five or six months ofevery year, according to the testimony ,it is not' an uncommon thing to switch cars onto this side track, and leave them there while coal is being unloaded for purposes of delivery to customers. Indeed, when we visited the premises, two cars were ,thus lltanding on the side track while coal was being unloaded into wagons. ,It is one ofthose cases where it is hard to reaSOll out exactly what the' damages are. It is a good deal as when you cutoff a man's handr,,-:,"you ctmnot 'b:ran:ymathematical processes demonstrate the val ae ." 6f 'that, harid; and, the court, sitting as a Jury, has only to exercise its discretion
FEDERAL,REPpRTER.
and judgment, after examining the premises and hearing the testimony, as to what would be fair and reasonable compensation. I can but think, and I believe everyone agree with me, that it is a damage to premises used, as these, for hotel purposes, to have a railroad track runningup and down the street in front thereof, and the more it is used, the more cars are permitted to stand there, the more it is an injury to the premises. And yet I think the niain damage in this case arises from the construction of the original track; and that was in 1871, and must be considered barred. The plaintiff sues for $11 ,000. Of course, in that she claimed and undoubtedly relied largely on the injury to her premises from this main track, which turned that street largely away from its . ordinary use for vehicles, .and to railroad. purposes. I think if the plaintiff is awarded receive cotilpensation for the. damages whi.ch the property has sustained from the placing of this side track, which .exists for only part of the distance in front o.f her property, and for the injury which the ]lseof,the trapk, for unloading cars and standing cars, has caused. So judgment will go in hef favor for that amount.
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LINDQUEST t1. UNION PAC.
Ry. Co.
(Oi'l'cuitOOU'I't"D. OolO7'ado. January 9. 1888.)
TRESPASS-OlUGINAL ENTRy-USER-,-l'LEADING.
In an action for damages caused by the unlawful occupation by a railroad company of the street in front of plaintiff's premises, it appeared that one paragraph of the complaint claimed for the unlawful use, after entry; and, lU another, counted for an ori/l,'inal entry. Held, that the demurrer to an answer, which presented allegations against an action for original entry. should be overruled. .
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SAME.
On motion by defendant for judgment on the pleadings, the answer presented allegations agoainst an action for original entry, and the petition claimed damages for both the original entry and for the unlawful use; after entry, by the defendant railroad company. Held, the motion would be denied.
At Law. On demurrer to complaint, and motion for judgment. The plaintiff, Lindquest, brings this action against the Union Pacific Railway Company, defendant, for damages caused by the occupation of the street by defendant in front of plaintiff's residenc,e. Browne Putnam, for plaintiff. Teller Orahood, for defendant
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In Lindquest against the Union Pacific Railway Company there is a demurrer to the second count in the answer, as well as, a motion by the defendant for judgment on the pleadings. The action is onefQr damages, caused by the occupation of the street, in front of the plaintiff's residence, by the railroad company" defendant. In cases of
BREWER, J.