Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Benham

Appeal from a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff against the defendant in an action for damages for the destruction of a meadow and pasture by fire, and for personal injuries to the plaintiff suffered in an attempt to extinguish the fire.

The evidence, most favorably stated for the appellee relating to his first cause of action, is that he was the lessee of eighty acres of land on a year to year tenancy, which was used as a pasture and meadow. The fire was occasioned by sparks from a passing locomotive of the defendant company which ignited and destroyed the grass standing on the…