Doggett v. Richmond & Danville Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN, for Damages tried at'December Special Term, 1876, of Guilford Superior Court, before Kerr, J. It was alleged that by reason of sparks of fire emitted from an engine of defendant company, a lot of cross-ties on the side of the track were ignited ; that the w/ind blew the fire to a fence of one Troxler, which was consumed ; that in its course and before it could be controlled, it burned about 25Í> pannels of the p’aintiff’s fence ; and that the defendant had…
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Civil ActioN, for Damages tried at'December Special Term, 1876, of Guilford Superior Court, before Kerr, J. It was alleged that by reason of sparks of fire emitted from an engine of defendant company, a lot of cross-ties on the side of the track were ignited ; that the w/ind blew the fire to a fence of one Troxler, which was consumed ; that in its course and before it could be controlled, it burned about 25Í> pannels of the p’aintiff’s fence ; and that the defendant had neglected to provide proper safeguards and appliances to prevent injury from sparks, as aforesaid. To recover damages for…
1Opinion of the CourtBynum, J.
1- The plaintiff’was not in the first instance guilty of contributory negligence. The rule is that when the negligence of the defendant is proximate and that of the plaintiff remote, the action can be sustained, although the plaintiff is not entirely without fault; but if the injury is the product of mutual or concurring negligence, no action for damages will lie. Apply these principles to this case.
The plaintiff’s fence was three-fourths of a mile from the origin of the fire, but was connected with the fence first ignited by a continuous line of fence joined together by the intermediate land…
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