KENTWOOD LUMBER CO. v. ILLINOIS CENT R. CO.

No. 6738.

65 F.2d 663 (1933)

KENTWOOD LUMBER CO., Limited, v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 12, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Purnell M. Milner, of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Arthur A. Moreno, of New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before BRYAN, FOSTER, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

On Sunday, April 27, 1930, at 2:04½ p. m., appellee's south-bound strawberry express, carrying empty cars and a caboose, passed appellant's lumber shed, situated thirty feet from appellee's south-bound track. At 2:09½ the shed, with its contents of inflammable veneer wood, was discovered fiercely burning. At 2:14 the fire was in full blast, a south wind blowing over it, and before it could...

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