Indianapolis, Bloomington, & Western Railway Co. v. Ferguson

This was an action by the appellee against the appellant, to recover the value of a house and furniture therein of the appellee, which it is alleged was negligently set on fire by sparks frota a locomotive of the appellant. The issue was formed by a general denial of the complaiijt. There was a trial by a jury, a verdict for the plaintiff] a> motion for a new trial overruled, and judgment on the verdict.

The only alleged error properly assigned is the refusal of the court to grant a new trial.

There is a bill of exceptions showing that “ after the plaintiff had been examined in chief, as a…