Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Chenoweth

This action was brought in the District Court of Comanche County; by David M. Chenoweth and George Maxted, as plaintiffs, against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, as defendant, to recover the damages alleged to have been sustained by them by reason of the alleged destruction of eighty tons of prairie hay belonging to the plaintiffs, caused by a fire set out in the operation of the railroad belonging to the plaintiff in error. The petition alleges, and the evidence discloses, that these defendants in error and one Thomas Burtnett owned jointly the hay destroyed, and that…