St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co. v. Maddox
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Victoria County; John M. Green, Judge. Action by S. S. Maddox against the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Bail way Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMoursund, J.
Appellee sued appellant to recover $2,479 damages alleged to have been sustained by appellee by reason of the burning of grass and hay on 140 acres of land and damages to a mowing machine in August, 1910. Plaintiff alleged that defendant negligently permitted the grass on its right of way adjoining plaintiff’s premises to grow thick and tall and rank, and ran a locomotive by said premises which was so defectively and improperly built and constructed, and was so carelessly, negligently, and unskillfully managed by the servants and employes of defendant that fire escaped therefrom and set…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gonzales v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Koelsch v. Philadelphia Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Murray v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Shippers Compress & Warehouse Co. v. DavidsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
- Watson v. Ky. & Ind. Bridge & Ry Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
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- Sycamore Preserve Works v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1936
- Carter v. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
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