Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Royal Palm Soap Co.

This writ of error was taken to a judgment awarding damages for property destroyed' by fire. There was no testimony that fire was seen to escape from the railroad company’s locomotive, but there was testimony that fire was seen on or near the track within perhaps fifteen or twenty feet of the property soon after the engine passed over the place and that within perhaps a half hour after a small fire was first seen on or near the track, the property in question was seen to be on fire. There was also testimony that boys smoking cigarettes were seen at or near the place where the fire was first…