G., C. & S. F. R'y Co. v. Holt

Opinion by

Willson, J.

§ 835. Verbal charge; must be presented by bill of exception; statute requiring turitten charge directory, etc. Appellee brought suit in justice’s court against appellant to recover $200 damages for the burning of his granary, etc., claiming that the burning was caused by sparks of fire emitted from one of appellant’s engines while passing along its line of road, the granary being situated about fifty yards from said road. No question was made as to the ownership or value of the property destroyed. Appellee recovered judgment in the justice’s court for the full amount of…