Stickling v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

I. On May 31, 1925, George V. Friel owned and occupied a tract of about 116 acres south of Grand Junction in Greene County. The right of way of the M. & St. L. Railway Company over which appellant operates trains crosses the said tract north and south a short distance east of the dwelling and other improvements then situated thereon. Shortly after 1:30'P.M. on the date referred to, all of the improvements, except the dwelling and a small pump house, consisting of a barn, hog house, coal house, garage and granary, together with fences and trees adjacent to the barn, were totally destroyed by…