Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Saunders

This suit was instituted by appellees against appellant to recover the value of a house and its contents situated in Conroe, Tex., totally destroyed by fire, on the ground that appellant’s servants negligently interfered with the fire department while attempting to extinguish the fire. The detailed facts of this case are fully set forth in our opinion on a former appeal. Railway Company v. Saunders, 286 S. W. 919, which statement we adopt as supplementing our statement here.

A brief statement of the case will make clear the issues on this appeal. In the fall of 1923 the city of Conroe operated…