St. Johns & Halifax Railroad v. Ransom

Taylor, J.:

The appellee, plaintiff below, sued the appellant in case for damages for the destruction of her property, consisting of fencing, a barn, orange trees and standing timber, etc., by fire set out by one of appellant’s locomotives on its right-of-way adjacent to plaintiff’s, premises. The cause was referred to and tried before' a referee and resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $2,000, besides the costs,, amounting to $233.08, and from this judgment the defendant below appeals. The errors assigned are as. follows: 1st. Proceeding with the trial of the cause…