Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Nuckols

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge

Reversing.

Appellee, J. R. Nnckols, instituted this action to recover of .appellant, Illinois Central Railroad Company, the value of a barn owned by him, alleged to have been worth $2,300.00, upon the theory that it was destroyed by fire ignited by sparks negligently permitted to be emitted from a locomotive owned and operated by appellant. Appellant denied liability, and the trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for appellee in the sum of $1,200.00. The appeal has been prosecuted from that judgment.

The parties agree that appellant is liable for…