KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. BEATY

No. 5-3467.

388 S.W.2d 79 (1965)

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Grady BEATY et at., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 22, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardin, Barton, Hardin & Jesson, Ft. Smith, for appellant.

Shaw & Shaw, Mena, Donald Poe, Waldron, for appellees.


McFADDIN, Justice.

Six cases against the appellant were consolidated in the Trial Court; and from jury verdicts and judgments in favor of the plaintiffs, there is this appeal. The entire litigation stems from a forest fire which occurred in late October 1963 and caused considerable damage to forest lands and destruction of personal property. The plaintiffs alleged that the fire was caused by a locomotive negligently operated by appellant; that because of appellant...

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