Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad v. Whitaker

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Judgment was rendered for plaintiff landowner (lessee), in his suit against the defendant railroads, for damages resultant from a fire set by defendants which spread to and damaged a portion of his land.

Affirmed.

As the case is resolved before us it may be viewed as one wherein there remains no question but that the railroad companies are liable for compensatory damages in the *349amount of $17.00 per acre for the number of acres of land sustaining injury by fire. The question to be determined is whether the evidence provides support for the finding that 2000 was the…