Southern Railway Co. v. American Peanut Corp.

The American Peanut Corporation, suing in its own right and for its own benefit, as well as for the benefit of a number of insurance companies, instituted its action by way of notice of motion for judgment against the Southern Railway Company to recover of the railway company $32,316.85 with interest, for damages which it claimed to have sustained by reason of the loss of a quantity of peanuts which were stored in a warehouse known as the “Hull House.” This building was located just outside of the corporate *361limits of the town of Emporia and the building and the peanuts were destroyed by fire,…