Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Russell

FOSTER, Justice.

The questions here presented relate to the nature of evidence to support plaintiff’s claim for damages to his land caused by defendant negligently setting out fire on its right of way, spreading to plaintiff’s land and burning it over.

The opinion of the Court of Appeals notes that the complaint alleged the damages to be that “large quantities of pine trees and hardwood timber were destroyed” and “a great number of fence posts and fence wiring were destroyed” and plaintiff’s “land and vegetation thereon was otherwise charred, scorched and rendered less valuable.” And that…