Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Bolivar county. Hon. R. W. Williamson, Judge. This was an action brought by Hassie Jones to recover $900 damages of the defendant railway company because of the alleged negligent setting out of fire by its servants.
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From tbe circuit court of Bolivar county. Hon. R. W. Williamson, Judge. This was an action brought by Hassie Jones to recover $900 damages of the defendant railway company because of the alleged negligent setting out of fire by its servants. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $200. On Thursday, October —, 1894, the section hands of the company had been engaged in burning off and cleaning out its right of way through or contiguous to the plaintiff’s land. One of the plaintiff’s witnesses, G. B. Jones, stated that he was passing through plaintiff’s field on that day,…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
It is assigned for error that the court below erred in overruling the appellant’s objection to the introduction of the evidence of the witnesses, Gr. B. J ones and W. P. J ones, containing certain statements by the section master, Heck, touching the origin of the fire, and of his connection therewith. The assignment is not maintainable.
The fire was set on the right of way on Thursday afternoon, and the statements of Heck were made to these witnesses on Saturday morning following; but at that time, Saturday morning, the injury to appellee’s property was not complete, for it is clear that the…
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