Stowe v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Opinion of the Court by

Wm. Rogers Olay, Commissioner

Affirming.

Appellant, G-. H. Stowe, owns a farm in Christian county, Kentucky, adjacent to the right of way of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. A portion of appellant’s farm, consisting of about 225 acres, extends along the railroad right of way for about half a mile. Claiming that the railroad company negligently set fire to hay and clover in this field, and thereby destroyed the same, appellant instituted this action against appellee to recover damagés. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the railroad company. From the…