Fisk v. Wabash Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee; Lane, J. Case by Daniel Fisk against the Wabash Railroad Company for the negligent burning of property adjacent to its right of way. From a judgment for plaintiff, with costs to defendant, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
Action commenced in the Lenawee circuit court in trespass on the case for damages:
In setting fire to and burning 100 rods of fenoe on plaintiff’s land--------------------------------. §100
Burning certain of the soil on six-acre parcel____ 150
20 days’ labor in extinguishing fire .............- 25
Burning and destroying portions of land and meadow....................................... 25
§300
The declaration sets out that plaintiff is the owner of certain lands, described therein as containing 100 acres; that defendant’s right of way for its road 100 feet wide extends across it; that a fire was…
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