Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Lipprand

The defendant in error, Richard Lipprand, brought this action as plaintiff to recover damages sustained by him from a fire alleged to have been negligently set out by the defendant, plaintiff in error. The allegations of negligence in the petition are as follows :

“On the twelfth day of March, Í893, the said defendant, while running one of its trains on its road in Russell County, managed its train carelessly and negligently, and failed to employ suitable means to prevent the escape of fire from the engine that was used in running the train — the same being a freight train going west — on or…