Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. Morgan
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Fayette County; B. G. Neighbors, Special Judge. Action by W. A. Morgan & Bros, and others against the Missouri, Kansas- & Texas Railway Company of Texas. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFly, J.
This is a suit which was instituted in 1906 by W. A. Morgan & Bros., the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, the Austin Fire Insurance Company, and the Insurance Company of North America to recover, damages from appellant for negligently igniting and destroying 598 bales of cotton through sparks from a locomotive. The cotton was alleged to be the property of Morgan & Bros., but it was alleged that since the destruction of the cotton an interest therein had been assigned to the different insurance companies, amounting in the aggregate to $15,861.80. The cause was tried by jury, and resulted in a…
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