Ryan v. Gross ex rel. Gontrum
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County. The appellee sued the appellants to recover for damages, alleged to have been caused by the negligent act of the defendants, in setting fire to the plaintiff’s growing timber. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The law as applicable to this case, was, we think, fairly put to the jury, and whatever grounds the defendants may have to complain of the damages awarded by the jury, they have no ground it seems to us to complain of the instructions granted by the Court.
The defendants were contractors for the grading of a section of the Philadelphia extension of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and in grading the road they used what is commonly known as a steam shovel plough, in other words, a shovel plough with a steam engine attached. Sparks from the engine, set fire to dead grass and rubbish along the…
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