Statler v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

Plaintiff sued to recover the valúe of certain of his farm buildings and their contents, .which were destroyed by a fire, caused, as he alleged, by .sparks negligently emitted from one of defendant’s locomotives. The jury rendered a verdict for plaintiff, the court in banc entered judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto, and plaintiff brings the present appeal. In considering it, all the testimony and inferences fairly deducible therefrom, which tend to sustain plaintiff’s contention, must be accepted as true, and all unfavorable to him must be rejected:…