MacDonald v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.

This is the defendant corporation’s petition for a new trial after a verdict for the plaintiff of an action of debt brought under section 2 of an act entitled “An act in amendment of an act entitled fAn act to incorporate the New York, Providence & Boston Railroad Company' passed at June session, A. D. 1836” (R. I. Acts & Res. June Ses. 1836, p. 3), which reads as follows, viz.;—

“Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that said corporation shall be liable to pay to the owner or owners for all damages which may arise from the burning of houses, wood, hay, or any other substance whatever, by fire…