Townley v. Oregon Railroad

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Union County, given in favor of the plaintiff, in an action brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have resulted from defendant’s negligence in burning grass and other combustible material on or near its right of way. The complaint is : That on October 9, 1896, the plaintiff was entitled to and in the possession, as the trustee of an express trust for and on behalf of James Raymond, of a 3,500-acre tract of land adjoining the defendant’s right of way in Union County, together with all the personal property kept and used…