Adams v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.

The afternoon of October 31, 1924, three barns on plaintiffs’ farm were destroyed by fire, together with farm products, tools, and equipment. Claiming the fire was set by a cinder from a locomotive on defendant’s nearby railway, plaintiffs brought this suit to recover their loss and had judgment. Defendant reviews by writ of error.

Plaintiffs claim the fire started in the shingle roof of the barn nearest the highway, called barn No. 1, then spread to the next barn, called No. 2, and then to bam No. 3. It was a dry time. At the time of the fire a new gasoline engine, installed that day, was in…