Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Cullers
Texas Supreme Court
This is an appeal from a judgment against the appellant for $4519.79 for value of hay, hay machinery, house, kitchen and stable, and ranch implements, etc., destroyed by fire from alleged negligence of the railway company. The fire was in the Indian Territory.
1Opinion of the Court
MARR, Judge, Section A.
Appellee J. M. Cullers filed suit against appellant in the District Court of Grayson County on March 4, 1887, and by amendment filed October 28,1887, set up that on November 21, 1885, defendant negligently allowed sparks and fire to escape from its engine, which fire caught and destroyed the following property, to-wit: one portable engine, valued at $500; one hay press, valued at $400; one hay press, valued at $250; one mower, valued at $85; one mower, valued at $70; one derrick and hay loader, valued at $50; six bundles hay wire, valued at $15; one sickle grinder,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hutchins v. MastersonTexas Supreme Court · 1877
- Fort Worth & New Orleans Railway Co. v. WallaceTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Wiley v. KeokukSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
- Texas & Pacific R'y Co. v. Levi & Bro.Texas Supreme Court · 1883
- Int. & G. N. R'y Co. v. TimmermannTexas Supreme Court · 1884
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Southwestern Portland Cement Co. v. KezerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
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