Haas v. Hines
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles; S. Allen Borde-lon, Judge. Consolidated actions by William D. Haas, individually and for use of the Royal Exchange Assurance Insurance Company of London, England, by Henry H. Bordelon, individually and for use of the Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Company, and by Victor P. Bordelon, against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. Judgments for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
One of the plaintiffs in these consolidated suits is the owner of a gin house which was destroyed by fire set, it is alleged, by sparks from a locomotive of the defendant company, and the other plaintiffs are owners of cotton which was stored in the gin house and was consumed along with it. The defense is that there is no proof of the fire having been set by sparks from the locomotive; and that if there is such proof, the plaintiffs were contributorily negligent.
The platform of the gin house, 112 feet long by 24 wide, was 44 feet from the railroad track at one end and 51V2 feet at the other…
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