Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Watson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. This action was originally commenced in a Texas state court by the appellee Watson, to recover the value of sixty-four bales of cotton, less insurance thereon. The cotton was alleged to have been destroyed by tíre on January 3, 1896, while stored upon what was known as the O’Neil cotton platform near the depot of the railway company at Clarksville, Red River County, Texas.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. This action was originally commenced in a Texas state court by the appellee Watson, to recover the value of sixty-four bales of cotton, less insurance thereon. The cotton was alleged to have been destroyed by tíre on January 3, 1896, while stored upon what was known as the O’Neil cotton platform near the depot of the railway company at Clarksville, Red River County, Texas. The fire was averred to have been occasioned by the negligence of the railway company in the use of a defectively constructed locomotive and in the careless…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The various assignments of error relied upon in the brief of counsel for plaintiff in error will be disposed of in the order therein discussed.
First. In several assignments it is claimed' that the Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that the trial court properly admitted the evidence of witnesses to the effect that at or about the time of the fire complained of, and about the time of the passing of the locomotive which it was charged occasioned the fire, the witnesses observed other fires at various points not far removed from the place where the cotton was burned and south of and near…
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