Midland Valley R. Co. v. Rupe
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from Oounty Court, LeFlore County; D. A. Shaw, County Judge. Action by iSam Rupe against the Midland Valley Railroad Company for destruction of automobile by fire. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtNicholson, J.
This action was instituted by Sam Rupe, as plaintiff, against the Midland Valley Railroad Company, as defendant, to recover the sum of 3470 damages for the destruction of a Ford automobile by fire alleged- to have been caused by a locomotive of the defendant.
The petition alleged that on July 29, 1916, the defendant, in the operation of one of its locomotives, set fire to a gin house at Williams, Okla., in which the plaintiff’s automobile was located, and that said automobile was by said fire destroyed. The allegations of the petition were denied by the answer. A trial by jury was waived and…
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