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QUANAH, ACME & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. HAND

No. 8286.

484 S.W.2d 390 (1972)

QUANAH, ACME & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Billy B. HAND, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied September 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Traweek, Matador, Jim W. Sowell, Quanah, for appellant.

Tom Hamilton, Plainview, Gibbins & Spivey, Broadus A. Spivey, Austin, for appellee.

REYNOLDS, Justice.

Billy B. Hand recovered a judgment, entered on a jury verdict, decreeing the Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Company to be liable for the replacement cost of his farm building destroyed by fire allegedly started by sparks emitted from the railway's train. Reversed and remanded.

Hand's suit is based on the contention that sparks emitted from the railway company's train started a fire in combustible...

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