Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Platzer

Stayton, Chief Justice.—

This action was prosecuted by appellees, to recover the value of grass and other property charged to .have been destroyed by a fire which it is alleged was caused by sparks and fire negligently permitted to escape from one of appellant’s locomotives.

It is further alleged that the servants of appellant negligently failed to.. *119extinguish the fire when it originated although they might have done so by the exercise of slight diligence.

The cause was tried before a jury and resulted in a verdict for appellees on which a judgment was entered.

Appellee’s land seems to have been…