Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Co. v. Hand

REYNOLDS, Justice.

Billy B. Hand recovered a judgment, entered on a jury verdict, decreeing the Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Company to be liable for the replacement cost of his farm building destroyed by fire allegedly started by sparks emitted from the railway’s train. Reversed and remanded.

*391Hand’s suit is based on the contention that sparks emitted from the railway company’s train started a fire in combustible matter accumulated in the railway right-of-way that spread to his land and burned his building. The railway company denied liability and takes the position the fire started from an…