Knowlton v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.

SOMERVILLE, J.(1) On direct examination, the owner of the burned buildings, who- was a witness for plaintiff, testified that a day or two before the fire he saw on the ground and picked up several burned matches, about three feet from the southwest corner of *458the building which first caught, and which was farthest from the railroad. The witness had testified that he thought the fire was of incendiary origin. On redirect examination the court sustained defendant’s objection to plaintiff’s question: “Was that fire hot enough to have burned up matches in three feet of it?”

In view of the fact that…