Sandy Valley & Elkhorn Railway Co. v. Bentley

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Beversing.

This is a suit by J. D. Bentley and wife against the Sandy Valley & Elkhorn Bailway Company to recover damages in the snm of $1,450.00 for the destruction of their barn and contents by fire. From a verdict and judgment in their favor for $900.00 the railroad company appeals.

The first question presented is, whether appellees’ motion to strike the bill of exceptions should be sustained. The case was tried at the November, 1915, special term of the Pike circuit court. Hon. J. M. Boberson, the regular judge of the Thirty-fifth…