Thompson v. Boydstun

This action was commenced by defendants in error, as plainr tiffs below, against the plaintiff in error, herein referred to as defendant, to recover damages for the destruction and injury to plaintiff’s orchard, containing approximately 17 acres of peach, cherry, and plum trees, and blackberry vines, located on plaintiff’s farm one-half mile south of Fort Gibson, Muskogee county, Okla., resulting from a fire set by a locomotive of defendant’s train. The cause was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $1,350. The court overruled defendant’s motion for a new trial…