Union Pacific Railroad v. Fickenscher

Day, C.

This action was brought by John Fickenscher in the district court for Dawson county against the Union Pacific Railroad Company to recover damages sustained by him on acount of having been burned in a prairie fire, which he alleged in his petition was started through the negligence of the railroad company. Upon the trial the plaintiff recovered a judgment for $1,175, to review which, the defendant has brought error to this court.

It was contended upon the part of the defendant that the fire which it was alleged to have negligently set out never reached the point where the injury…