Southern Railway Co. v. Pace

Pace sued the Southern Railway Company for damages growing out of the destruction of timber and fencing by fire, which was alleged to have been communicated to the property destroyed from a locomotive of the defendant. The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and the case is here upon a bill of exceptions assigning error upon the refusal of the judge to grant the defendant a new trial. The evidence offered to establish the fact that the fire was communicated to the property of the plaintiff from an engine of the defendant was entirely circumstantial, but was of such a…