Riggins v. Mo. Pac. R.R. Co.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, sued to recover for the loss of their house and contents alleged to have been set on fire by sparks from a locomotive engine of defendant. The cause was tried to a jury and plaintiffs recovered. Unsuccessful in motion for new trial, defendant appealed.

The evidence is wholly circumstantial. Plaintiffs' house, a four room frame, stood on the east side and about 260 feet from defendant's track. There was a low or valley like place between the track and the house. The house stood on a hillside, but the railroad track was somewhat higher than the foundation of the…