Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. Jarrell

1. Though there was evidence to show that the fire which resulted in the destruction of the plaintiff’s property, a mill and machinery, became apparent in less than an hour after the passing of the train .from the engine of which the plaintiff insists sparks were emitted which caused the fire, there is no testimony to show that the sparks were coming from the engine at the time it passed the property, or that it caused the fire, other than the following: that the wind was blowing in the direction of the property from the track, that there was an accumulation of grass and other combustible…