Anderson v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
RUARK, Presiding Judge.
Fire, that scourge of the Ozark woodlands, destroyed approximately one hundred ten acres of pine and oak belonging to plaintiffs Anderson. They sued the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Frisco for short) under R.S.Mo. 1949, § 537.380, V.A.M.S., and secured judgment. Frisco has appealed. The sole contention of the appellant is that defendant’s motion for verdict should have been sustained because the proof did not justify submission of the case.
Plaintiffs own five hundred twenty-five acres in Howell County about five miles Northwest of Willow Springs. The Frisco…
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