Sea Ins. v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Uouisianá.
1Opinion of the Court
SHELBY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, four insurance companies, sue the defendant railroad company for $59,871.92, alleging that they had insured certain cotton at Arcadia, La., and that the insured property had been destroyed by fire resulting from sparks thrown out by defendant’s locomotive; that this occurred through the negligence of Ihe defendant; that the plaintiffs had paid the owners of the colton $55,-501.92, and by the terms of the several policies were subrogated to the rights of such owners and entitled to sue the defendant for reimbursement. Each of the policies contained a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Little v. HackettSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. New Jersey Electric Railway Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1897
- Cooper v. DobsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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- Lloyd v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1919
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