Austin v. . R. R.

Civil action. Plaintiff alleged and offered evidence tending to show that in October, 1921, he shipped a carload of high-grade cattle over defendant's road consigned to himself at Marshville, N.C. and the car containing the cattle was destroyed by fire when the same was on a station siding at Rockingham, N.C. and some of the cattle were killed and others seriously injured. That the fire was caused by sparks from the engine of another freight train of the company passing the station at the time, and the injury was due to defendant's negligence. There was denial of negligence on part of…