Louisville & N. R. v. Bell
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee; Edward T. Sanford, Judge. Action by C. C. Bell, individually, etc., against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by Bell, hereafter called the “plaintiff,” to recover damages for the destruction of his tobacco factory by a fire set by sparks from a passing engine of the railroad company, hereafter called the “defendant.” The plaintiff recovered a verdict and defendant brings this writ of error.
It was plaintiff’s theory that the spark, which set the fire, entered .an open second-story window of the factory facing north toward the railroad, and distant about 225 feet from the track. (This distance, and all others hereafter stated, are measured on the angle of…
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