Anderson v. East Stocking Threshing Machine Co.

This action is one to recover damages alleged /to have been caused by the destruction of wheat in the stack by fire set by sparks from defendants’ engine, owing to their negligence. Plaintiff alleges, in substance, that he entered into a contract with defendants to thresh his wheat, pursuant to which defendants came upon his premises and began threshing, and negligently operated their engine, in that they failed to provide it with a proper spark arrester; that defendants used a 16-horse-power engine to run a 36-inch separator, which engine was too small to furnish sufficient power tc run such…