Steckman v. Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad

Action for damages caused by a. fire which plaintiff alleges resulted from sparks emitted from a locomotive operated by defendant. Tbe fire-swept over a portion of a farm of 250 acres owned and *376occupied by plaintiff and the petition alleges that it burned sixty-five acres of pasture of the reasonable value of $195; 270 rods of hedge fence of the value of $540; 200 rods of woven wire and barbed wire fencing of the value of $100; twenty rods of garden fence worth $15; two and one-half acres of corn worth $53; one acre of blackberries worth $50; 123 apple trees worth $932; seven peach trees…