St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. Brown

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dennison, J.:

This action was brought before a justice of the peace in Cherokee county, to recover damages for the loss of certain property claimed to have been destroyed by a fire occasioned by the negligence of defendant railway company. A judgment was rendered in justice’s court against the company, and it appealed to the district court of said Cherokee county. The case was tried in the district court upon the original bill of particulars, with a jury, and a verdict and judgment were rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Brown, against said railway…