St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Friddle

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This is a suit for damages caused by a tortious burning of appellee’s land. On April 21, 1962, sparks and fire from a train operated over the railroad track of appellant, St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, burned through appellant’s right of way onto the land of appellee, J. A. Friddle. Approximately fifteen acres of appellee’s 200-acre farm were burned over.' Of the fifteen acres burned, six were on top of a mountain and fenced by appellee. The remaining nine acres were unfenced property on the side of the mountain. Appellee claimed damage to two acres of…