St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Ross

RAINEY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by the appellee against appellant to recover damages for the negligence of defendant in permitting sparks of fire to escape from one of its locomotive engines, which sparks set fire to and destroyed appellee’s two-story residence and contents, also his "fences, garden, shrubbery, fruit trees, etc. Plaintiff alleged in effect that defendant’s engine was not equipped with the best approved spark arrester, and that by reason thereof fire was communicated to his dwelling, etc., and caused their destruction.

The Mercantile Fire & Marine Insurance…