M. H. Boals Planing Mill Co. v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, 216 Ill. App. 654 (1920)

March 25, 1920 · Illinois Appellate Court
216 Ill. App. 654

M. H. Boals Planing Mill Company, appellee, v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, appellant.

Action to recover damages for planing mill destroyed by fire communicated by railroad locomotive. Judgment for plaintiff. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. J. F. Gillham, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1919.

Reversed and remanded.

Opinion filed March 25, 1920.

D. E. Keefe and S. W. Baxter, for appellant; L. J. Hackney and F. L. Littleton, of counsel.

D. G. Williamson and N. L. Ryder, for appellee.

Mr. Justice Eagleton

delivered the opinion of the court.