Woodward v. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hall. Tried below before Hon. Sterling P. Huff.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNER, Chief Justice.
Appellant was the owner of about 108 tons of coal of the value of $620, and of the coal house containing the same situated upon appellee’s right of way in Memphis, Hall County, Texas. Said coal and house were destroyed by fire alleged to have been negligently set out by the appellee’s servants, and there was evidence tending to support this allegation.
The only defense that we consider necessary to notice was that appellant’s occupancy of the premises was by virtue of a written lease in which it was specially stipulated and agreed that appellee should “not be held liable…
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