Yazoo & M. V. R. v. Washington

Citations

• 113 Miss. 105
• 73 So. 879

Syllabus

<p>1. Railroads. Liability for fires. Statutes. Personal injuries.</p> <p>Under Laws 1912, chapter 151, providing that a railroad corporation shall he liable to every person whose property is injured by fires communicated by its locomotives and giving the corporation an insurable interest in the property along its road, such liability is limited to property destroyed and does not authorize a recovery for personal injury or death resulting from a fire started by its engines unless there is proof of negligence.</p> <p>2. Railroads. Liability for fires. Evidence. Negligence.</p> <p>Under the facts as set out in the opinion in this case the court held that the evidence did not show that the railroad negligently operated its engine which caused the fire at a speed of more than six miles per hour in an incorporated town in violation of section 4043, Code 1906.</p>