Mellette v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

This action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on account of a fire which destroyed certain sawmill and gin machinery and 1,200 feet of lumber owned by him, and which were installed and stored in a gin house leased by the plaintiff. The cotton gin building was situated on the northern side of the railroad company’s right of way, at Cane Savannah, which is a flag station on the Sumter-Columbia branch of the railroad company located six miles west of Sumter and four miles east of…