Cincinnati, New Orleans, & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Saulsbury

The plaintiff below recovered a verdict and judgment against the railroad company for the sum of $1,895.87 as damages for the destruction of a lot of staves by fire alleged to have been occasioned by the negligent operation of its trains.

Saulsbury & Co., it appears, had been granted a license by the railroad company to erect a stave mill on its right of way, under a written lease or contract which, among other conditions, provided as follows:

“That they [meaning Saulsbury & Co.] will save and hold harmless the trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway and the said railway company, from all…