SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. BIRCH

No. 12996.

185 F.2d 44 (1950)

SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. BIRCH.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. D. Russell, John B. Harris and John B. Harris, Jr., all of Macon, Ga., for appellant.

Edward F. Taylor, W. A. Bootle, Macon, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and BORAH, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

The suit was for fire damage to property adjoining the railway tracks and right-of-way of defendant.

The claim was that the fire was negligently set on defendant's right-of-way and spread to and burned plaintiff's property. The negligence alleged was: permitting accumulations on the right-of-way of dead and inflammable vegetation and trash; and so equipping and operating defendant's engines as to permit and cause the emission of sparks...

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