Coyle v. Gulf Public Service Co.

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff in each of these four suits has appealed from a judgment rejecting his demand for damages for the destruction of his property by fire. The fire destroyed many houses covering a block and a half in the village of Cotton Valley. The defendant, Gulf Public Service Company, owned and operated the electric light plant in the village, and the waterworks system, such as it was, at the time of the fire.

The plaintiffs seek to hold the public service company liable because there was not enough water in the fire hydrants to extinguish the fire. The suit is not…