Ohio Valley Electric Railway Co. v. Scott

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The appellant (defendant below) owns and operates as a part of its electric railway system a railroad track on Elm street in the city of Ironton, Ohio. The almost unprecedented flood in the spring of 1913 lifted from its foundations a cottage house located- in the city of Ironton belonging to the appellee (plaintiff below) and *184deposited it in the center of Elm street at its junction with second street, completely covering and blockading the track of defendant. It remained in that position, according to the proof, between ten and fifteen days, and…