Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Jones

Suit by Levi M- Jones against the Pitts- . burgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company for setting fire to, and causing the destruction of, certain property. The complaint was in two paragraphs. The first charged that the plaintiff was owner of a certain tract of land situate in Wayne county, and upon and adjoining the south side of the defendants railway; that, on or about the 16th day of August, 1881, the defendant carelessly and negligently permitted long and dry grass to accumulate along and upon the track of said railway, and upon its land adjoining the land of the plaintiff; that…