St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. League

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

About nine o’clock on the night of January 6, 1903, a locomotive attached to a train of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company scattered fire along the track and started a fire upon the farm of L. E. League. It burned a stalk-field, hedge and other fences, fruit and ornamental trees, as well as barns, sheds, and cribs. The Leagues and their neighbors, as well as the section-men of the railroad company, turned out and fought the fire and succeeded in arresting its progress. Although not entirely extinguished most of those who…