Lesser Cotton Co. v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. About 10 o’clock at night on Sunday, the 1st day of April, 1000, a fire broke out in the barn of one Best, in the town of Newport, in the state of Arkansas, which spread to a quantity of cotton near by, owned by the Lesser Cotton Company, and insured against fire by 14 insurance companies. The cotton was burned.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. About 10 o’clock at night on Sunday, the 1st day of April, 1000, a fire broke out in the barn of one Best, in the town of Newport, in the state of Arkansas, which spread to a quantity of cotton near by, owned by the Lesser Cotton Company, and insured against fire by 14 insurance companies. The cotton was burned. The insurance companies paid the Lesser Cotton Company $195,000 on account of its loss, and then joined with that corporation in an action against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, Circuit Judge
The trial of this case occupied 12 days. The bill of exceptions is a statement of the issues, the tendency of the evidence of the respective parties, the rulings of the court upon the exclusion of evidence and its charge to the jury.. It is a model of clearness and brevity. A large number of errors are assigned, and the logical and facile method of treating them will be to consider them in three groups: First, those relating to the exclusion of testimony; second, those relating to the charge of the court; and, third, those relating to its refusal to give requested instructions.
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