Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Fort
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM ROBERTSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Robertson County. —B. D. Bell, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shields
W. A. Fort’s tobacco factory and contents, situated near the track of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company in the town of • Saddlersville, Robertson county, Tennessee, were destroyed between the hours of ten and twelve o’clock of the morning of June 18, 1901, by fire claimed by him to have been negligently communicated from an unknown locomotive of the plaintiff in error passing along its railroad near the property, and this action was brought in the circuit court of that county to recover the damages resulting from its destruction.
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- Grand Trunk Railroad v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Sheldon v. . the Hudson River Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Henderson v. Phila. R., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1891
- Knights of Pythias v. AllenTennessee Supreme Court · 1900
- Burke v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1872
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