St. Louis & S. F. R. v. Blocker
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Lamar County; T. D. Montrose, Judge. Action by E. E. Blocker and others against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Appellees Blocker and Miller, under the firm name of Blocker-Miller Company, were engaged in the business of purchasing and shipping cedar poles and piling at points on the line of the appellant's right of way in the state of Oklahoma during the years 1905, 1906, and 1907. On the 8th day of April, 1907, a quantity of their poles which had been placed upon the right of way of the appellant at a station called Kellond Switch, in Oklahoma, were destroyed by fire, and this suit was instituted for the purpose of recovering damages occasioned thereby. The petition alleged that the fire was caused…
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