Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Crider

Opinion of the Court by

Turner, Commissioner—

Eeversing.

On the early morning of either the 5th or 6th of November, 1920, a dwelling house on appellee Crider’s farm in Boyd county, near the railroad track.of appellant, was destroyed by fire, and this is an action by him against the railroad company wherein he charges the fire was caused by the negligence of the company, and prays judgment for the value of the house.

The Aetna Insurance 'Company of Hartford, Connecticut, before answer filed its intervening petition asking to be made a party plaintiff. In that petition it is alleged that the…