Kentwood Lumber Co. v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

On Sunday, April 27, 1930, at 2:04% p. m., appellee’s south-bound strawberry express, carrying empty ears and a caboose, *664passed appellant’s lumber shed, situated thirty feet from appellee’s south-bound track. At 2:09% the shed, with its contents of inflammable veneer wood, was discovered fiercely burning. At 2:14 the fire was in full blast, a south wind blowing over it, and before it could be put out the shed and its contents were destroyed. This suit, brought to fasten responsibility for the fire on the railroad company, resulted in a directed verdict for it. It is…