Missouri Pac. R.R., Thompson v. Campbell

Appellee, Mrs. Dora Campbell, sued tlie appellants for damages resulting from the total destruction of her four-room residence, with its contents, at about 3 p. m., March 23, 1942. She alleged, in her complaint that her property was burned by reason of fire set out by appellants in the operation of trains over their right-of-way adjoining her property; that her damage amounted to $1,600; that she had received from the National Liberty Fire Insurance Company $500 insurance, and prayed damages against appellants in the amount of $1,100 — the difference between her total damage and the money…