Ferber v. Great Northern Railway Co.

-Plaintiff operates a farm within the corporate limits of the city of Sioux City, Iowa, near which runs the line of defendant railway company. There is no dispute that two fires occurred on the 3d and 25th of March, 1925, respectively, which burned over part of the farm of plaintiff and caused some damage. The two dominating questions at the time of the trial were: First, whether the defendant railroad company set said fires, and second, the amount of damage sustained.

The evidence introduced on behalf of the plaintiff was sufficient to take the case to the jury, and no question was raised…