Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. T. W. Thayer Co.

The T. W. Thayer Company sued the Norfolk and Western Railway Company to recover damages for the destruction of standing timber, felled trees, bark and other property by fire alleged to have been set out by the railway company. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $23,767.00, which judgment we are asked to review and reverse. The only assignment of error is that the trial court erred in refusing to set aside the verdict on the ground that it was “contrary to the evidence or without evidence to support it.” No objection is made to the rulings of the trial court on the…