Hardy v. Hines Bros. Lumber
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from WheJbee, J., at May Term, 1912, Of GREENE. The facts- are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr. Justice Walker.
1Opinion of the CourtWalKEr, J.
These actions were brought by W. B. Hardy and B. T. Hardy against the defendant to recover damages for negligently burning their timber. The- allegations as to the burning, they being substantially the same in the two cases, are that the defendant’s locomotive engine set fire to combustible material on its track and right of way, which--was covered with dry leaves, pine straw,-and woods mould, and- in a very foul condition, and that the fire spread to the adjoining land, burning over a- considerable area. That an effort was made -to extinguish the flames, plaintiff taking some part in it, but…
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