Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Thompson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Donley County Court; W. T. Link, Judge. Action by J. A. Thompson against the Et. Worth & Denver City Railway Company and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBoece, J.
Appellee brought suit against the Et. Worth & Denver City Railway Company and Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, to recover damages for the burning of 73 tons of kaffir corn, pummies, cornshueks, étc., alleged to have been set on fire by sparks thrown from an engine operated on the line of road of the defendant railway company, while said property was under the control and operation of said Walker D. Hines, under authority of the Congress of the United States and proclamation of the President. It is alleged that said kaffir com ■ was stacked on property owned or controlled by the…
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