Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Hackethal

This was an action of trespass, brought by the appellee against the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company and the" Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company, the first count of the declaration alleging that the companies were the owners of a certain railroad, and of locomotives and trains of cars in charge of their servants, and that the de-fendants, by their servants having in charge said locomotives and trains of cars running upon the track of the said Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company, negligently communicated fire from the locomotives to certain corn of the…