Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Bartlett
Texas Supreme Court
This is an appeal from a judgment for $2347.45 against appellant for the value of cotton placed by the plaintiff upon a platform of the defendant. The facts are given in the opinion and in report of the case in the former appeal, 69 Texas, 79.
1Opinion of the Court
Henry, Associate Justice.
John T. Bartlett filed his petition in'the District Court of Bell County to recover damages for the loss of cotton, which was destroyed by fire while lying upon the railway cotton platform at Bartlett Station awaiting shipment; being set on fire, it was alleged, by sparks escaping from the locomotive engine of a passing train, which were permitted to escape through defendant’s negligence.
Defendant answered by a general denial, and pleaded specially that the engines were properly equipped, in good repair, and carefully handled, and that the escape of fire from them, if…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Baines v. Ullmann, Lewis & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1888
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