Real Property - Compensation for Abrogation of a Restrictive Covenant by Public Authority

It is the purpose of this comment to examine the legal consequences produced when the tranquility of the residential district is disturbed by governmental action

Negligence - Causation - Liability Under Statute for Injury Resulting from Fire Started by Railroad Locomotive

Sparks from defendant\u27s train started a fire on defendant\u27s right of way which spread toward plaintiff\u27s farm. Plaintiff, in an attempt to contain the fire, plowed a fire guard along the edge of his property. While driving his tractor to a safe place after completing the last furrow, he ran over a root or limb which flew up and struck him in the eye, causing blindness. In the trial court plaintiff recovered from the railroad under an Oklahoma statute which specified that Any railroad company operating any line in this state shall be liable for all damages sustained by fire originating from operating its road. On appeal, held, affirmed, three judges dissenting. The fire was the proximate cause of the injury. St. Louis-San Francisco R. Co. v. Ginn, (Okla. 1953) 264 P. (2d) 351

Real Property - Compensation for Abrogation of a Restrictive Covenant by Public Authority

It is the purpose of this comment to examine the legal consequences produced when the tranquility of the residential district is disturbed by governmental action

Negligence - Causation - Liability Under Statute for Injury Resulting from Fire Started by Railroad Locomotive

Sparks from defendant\u27s train started a fire on defendant\u27s right of way which spread toward plaintiff\u27s farm. Plaintiff, in an attempt to contain the fire, plowed a fire guard along the edge of his property. While driving his tractor to a safe place after completing the last furrow, he ran over a root or limb which flew up and struck him in the eye, causing blindness. In the trial court plaintiff recovered from the railroad under an Oklahoma statute which specified that Any railroad company operating any line in this state shall be liable for all damages sustained by fire originating from operating its road. On appeal, held, affirmed, three judges dissenting. The fire was the proximate cause of the injury. St. Louis-San Francisco R. Co. v. Ginn, (Okla. 1953) 264 P. (2d) 351