Sycamore Preserve Works v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

This cause is here on certificate of importance from the Appellate Court for the Second District to review a judgment of that court reversing, without remanding, a judgment of the circuit court of DeKalb county. Fire, originating on or near the right-of-way of appellee, destroyed appellant's warehouse, canning machinery, and a large amount of canned corn. Appellant brought this suit to recover. On a verdict by a jury judgment was entered against appellee for $72,926.

The declaration consists of five counts. The first four charge negligence arising out of the violation of a statute commonly…