Folsom v. Illinois Central Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. O. B. Taylor, Chancellor. Bill by Henry Folsom and others against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. Bill dismissed and plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Since the chancellor found that the property of the com'plainants was totally destroyed by the fire set out by sparks emitted from defendant’s locomotives, the judgment and decree must be for the complainants.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. O. B. Taylor, Chancellor. Bill by Henry Folsom and others against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. Bill dismissed and plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Since the chancellor found that the property of the com'plainants was totally destroyed by the fire set out by sparks emitted from defendant’s locomotives, the judgment and decree must be for the complainants. Under Law 1912, chap. 151, in effect March 7, 1912, which reads as follows to wit: “That each railroad corporation owning or operating a…
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
Appellants, as complainants in the court below, filed in this case their bill in equity to recover the value of a dwelling house and its contents alleged to have been *566burned by fire set out by tbe locomotives of tbe defendant company. For reasons immaterial to the present inquiry the suit was instituted in the chancery court. The bill was answered, testimony taken for both parties, and a final decree was rendered by the chancellor dismissing the bill. The decree rendered by the chancellor has two main paragraphs or divisions. In the first portion of the decree the chancellor finds from the…
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