Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Hughes

Citations

• 94 Miss. 242
• 47 So. 662

Syllabus

<p>Warehousemen. Goods destroyed. Fire. Negligence. Burden- of proof.</p> <p>In an action against a warehouseman for the value of goods destroyed in a fire which burned the warehouse, the burden is on the bailor-plaintiff, in the absence of proof as to the circumstances of the fire, to show that it resulted from the bailee-defendant’s negligence.</p>