Richland Planting Co. v. Yazoo & M. V. R.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. E. L. Brien, Judge. Suit by Bichland Planting Company against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Eailroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Holden, j.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Eichland Planting Company, appellant, brought this suit against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Eailroad Company, appellee, to recover damages sustained by it for the destruction by fire of a barn upon its plantation, claiming that the appellee railroad, while operating one of its north-bound engines and freight trains on February 17,1914, negligently threw sparks from its engine and set *155fire to tlie roof of the storehouse occupied by W. E. Davidson immediately east of the right of way of appellee and from which building, so set on fire, the…
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