Cunningham v. Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad

This is a suit by the appellants, James H. and James A. Cunningham, as plaintiffs, against the appellee, the Evansville and Terre Haute Eailroad Company, as sole de*479fendant. The object of the suit was to recover damages for' the destruction of the appellants’ starch and glucose works by fire, communicated thereto, as alleged, by and through the negligence of the appellee, and without any contributory negligence on the part of the appellants. The complaint of the appellants was in three paragraphs. In the first paragraph, appellants alleged that the appellee negligently failed to keep its…