Fridge v. Talbert

ROGERS, Justice.

Dr. John R. Fridge sued William D. Talbert and W. B. Sullivan and the minor son (name not stated) of Sullivan for damages in the-sum of $4,303.35.

Plaintiff alleged that the defendants were solidarity liable to him in the amount claimed, because they negligently allowed a fire which they started on Talbert’s land to spread to plaintiff’s land and destroy a number of pine saplings, fruit and other trees, plants, vines, and shrubs.

Defendants denied they started the fire or had any knowledge of its origin. They averred that when the defendants Talbert and Sullivan noticed the…