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BURDICK v. SNYDER

Civil Action No. 33386.

69 F.Supp. 280 (1946)

BURDICK et al. v. SNYDER et al.

District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

December 17, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lathers & Hoag, of Duluth, Minn., and Thomas X. Dunn, of Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

George E. McNeil, U. S. Atty., and Daniel B. Maher, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Washington, D. C., for defendants.

LETTS, Justice.

It appears without dispute that on October 12, 1918, fires caused much damage in northern Minnesota to the property and persons of a large number of citizens residing in the area; that the fires were caused by negligence in the operation of railroads then controlled by the United States under the Transportation Act; that the Director General of Railroads offered to settle said claims, some of which had been adjudicated and others similar in nature...

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