Palmetto Moss Factory v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Suits by the Palmetto Moss Factory and another and by Charles Meyer and another against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. From judgments for plaintiffs, defendant appeals, and plaintiffs move to dismiss.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motions to Dismiss Appeals.
O’NIELL, J.
These two suits were filed separately, but, as the cause of action in each case arose from the same occurrence, and as the testimony was applicable to both suits, they were consolidated for the purpose of the trial. The demands are for damages alleged to have been sustained by the destruction by fire of a building owned by the plaintiff Charles Meyer, and of the contents, consisting of machinery and stock owned by the plaintiff Palmetto Moss Factory. The plaintiffs allege that the fire was caused by sparks from the locomotive of the defendant railway…
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