Dudley v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth' Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Winston Over-ton, Judge. Action by C. Dudley against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff and certain fire insurance companies, as his subrogees, obtained judgment against defendant for $4,-309.07, representing loss and damage sustained by reason of a fire which is attributed to a passing locomotive belonging to defendant, and which, it is alleged, emitted cinders, sparks, and fire, whereby plaintiff’s warehouse, with its contents, were ignited and destroyed, and certain other damage was inflicted. Defendant prosecutes the appeal, and denies that there were any defects in the locomotive or any lack of care in its handling, and specially…
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