MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD CO. v. CROUCH

No. 15551.

273 S.W.2d 466 (1954)

MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY OF TEXAS, Appellant, v. Homer CROUCH, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred L. Wallace, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Martin & Moore and Elvin E. Tackett, Fort Worth, for appellee.


BOYD, Justice.

Appellee Homer Crouch filed this suit against appellant Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company of Texas for damages for the loss by fire of hay, a barn, and a tractor, which fire he alleged was caused by the negligence of appellant's employees. Upon a jury verdict, judgment was rendered for appellee for $12,999.

The farm on which the destroyed property was situated was bisected by appellant's railroad; about 11:30 A.M. on November 6, 1951, appellant...

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