LOUISIANA & ARKANSAS RAILWAY CO. v. LITTLEFIELD

No. 7744.

407 S.W.2d 16 (1966)

LOUISIANA & ARKANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Haze LITTLEFIELD, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

July 19, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James N. Haltom, Wheeler, Watkins, Hubbard & Patton, Texarkana, for appellant.

Joe W. Lovelace, Linden, for appellee.


CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a common law negligent tort damage suit. The judgment of the trial court awarding the plaintiff a recovery of $1500.00, costs, etc., from the defendant is affirmed.

The plaintiff plead that the railroad company had negligently allowed its right-of-way to become covered with combustible material, dry grass, weeds, etc., and that its train caused a fire to originate on the right-of-way from whence it spread to plaintiff's adjoining...

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