Philpott v. Davis

POLLOCK, District Judge.

This action was brought by plaintiff in error as plaintiff below against Walker D. Hines, as Director of Railroads, while'the railroad systems of the country were under government control and operation, to recover damages for the loss by fire of valuable horses, mares, and other personal property of plaintiff while the same was loaded in a car standing on the railway line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway at the station of Scotts Bluff, Neb., preparatory to being transported over said line of road to the station of Crawford in said state, and from said…