Lowden v. Shoffner Mercantile Co.

NORDBYE, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment recovered by the plaintiff, Shoffner Mercantile Company, against the defendants in the sum of $6,250, together with attorneys’ fees and costs in the amount of $625, as damages on account of the destruction of its warehouse and contents by fire. The warehouse was located in the town of Shoffner, Arkansas, a hamlet situated adjacent to a side track of defendants’ railway. The fire occurred on December 2, 1938. This action was brought to recover the reasonable value of the property so destroyed, and was tried by the court without a jury.…