Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas; Gordon Russell, Judge. On rehearing.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action to recover damages for the destruction, on a date stated, of cotton by fire, which was attributed to sparks from a locomotive or locomotives of the defendant, which were alleged not to have been properly provided with appliances for preventing the escape of sparks or fire; it being also alleged that the defendant did not exercise proper care to keep said locomotives in good and proper condition and repair as regards the escape of fire therefrom, and that its employes in charge of said locomotives negligently and improperly operated them, so as to cause…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Grand Trunk Railroad v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Lesser Cotton Co. v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Henderson v. Phila. R., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1891
- Gibbons v. Wisconsin Valley RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
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