St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Miller

TEMPLETON, Associate Justice.

P. E. Miller owned a house which was situated on a lot adjacent to the cotton platform of appellant at its depot at Athens. On November 7, 1898, sparks escaped from one of appellant’s engines and set fire to cotton on the platform, and the fire spread to and consumed Miller’s house and a stock of goods belonging to him, and contained in the house. The greater part of the property destroyed was insured by the Home Insurance Company, and on January 30, 1899, the insurance company adjusted the loss with Miller, paying him on account thereof the sum of $705.38; and…