Ragsdale v. Southern Ry. Co.

SIMONTON, Circuit Judge.

This case comes up upon a motion for a new trial. John K. Ragsdale was the occupant.of a building on the track of the Southern Railway. In this building he had a stock of goods, not fully covered by insurance. The building was consumed by fire on the 7th of March, 1902, and its contents were destroyed. The insurance companies had paid their share of the loss, and this action was brought in the name of Mr. Ragsdale and these companies subrogated pro tanto to him to recover damages from the railway company. The ground of the action is that the fire was communicated from…