Thompson v. Richmond & Danville R. R.

Citations

• 24 S.C. 366
• 1886 S.C. LEXIS 47

Syllabus

<p>vl. In action against a railroad company under section 1511 of General Statutes to recover damages for personal property destroyed by fire beyond defendant’s right of way, testimony is inadmissible to prove that defendant had paid for cotton burned at the same time, which had been received by the company for carriage.</p> <p>2. Under section 1511 of General Statutes, a railroad company is liable for property destroyed by fire, beyond its right of way, communicated by its locomotive engines or originating within the limits of its right of way in consequence of any act of an authorized agent, and this liability attaches without regard to the question of the company’s negligence, or of proximate or remote cause.</p>