Maier v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co.

Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment against defendant of $4,136.86, for negligently causing the destruction of his residence and outbuildings by fire escaping from its locomotive. Plaintiff with his wife owned and lived upon 40 acres of land at a station upon defendant's line about six miles south of Grand Rapids named Fisher. It is a small hamlet of one or two stores, a pickle factory, defendant’s station and a number of residences located comparatively near. Defendant’s line runs north and south at that point and is crossed by an east and west highway. Plaintiff’s residence with its…