Burlison v. Watson

HALL, C.

This was an action for damages resulting from the destruction by fire of a small building belonging to plaintiff, the plaintiff in error herein. The action was based upon the alleged negligent getting of a trash fire, or the negligent handling or management of the trash fire after it was set by defendant.

The theory upon which the plaintiff based his cause of action was that defendant, in burning papers and trash near his place of business, permitted the fire to escape to adjoining dead and combustible grass, where it ertept across a vacant lot to plaintiff’s premises, and thereby the…