DELTA & PINE LAND CO. v. ILL. C.R. CO.

No. 40449.

231 Miss. 487 (1957)

95 So.2d 572

DELTA AND PINE LAND COMPANY v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robertshaw, Greenville, for appellant.

Byrd, Wise & Smith, Jackson; Farish, Keady & Campbell, Greenville, for appellee.


KYLE, J.

The appellant, Delta and Pine Land Company, sued the appellee, Illinois Central Railroad Company, in the Circuit Court of Washington County for the sum of $2,995.35 as damages sustained by the appellant on account of its loss of thirty-two bales of cotton, which were destroyed by fire during the early morning hours of October 11, 1955, after the car had been moved from the appellant's gin at Lamont and placed upon...

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