Mansfield v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Holden. Wilkes superior-court. August 30, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtLamar, J.
Having cut and stacked their crop of wheat, the plaintiffs employed the defendants to thresh the grain with their portable steam thresher. The work continued till the noon hour, when all parties left the field to go to dinner, and soon thereafter the stacks were found to be in flames. This suit was brought for the value of the property destroyed. Plaintiffs insisted that the engine was defective, as it had no ash-pan or other means to prevent fire from falling on the ground, catching in the stubble, and thence spreading to the grain; that the fire had been thus caused; that they had nothing…
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