Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. Word

The appellee, Word, obtained judgment against appellant, the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company, in the district court of Potter county for the sum of $918. The cause of action was based upon the burning of grass on the 22d day of February, 1909, alleged to be in appellee’s pasture, containing six sections of land, where he held 500 head of cattle to winter. It is alleged, among other things, that there was a fine coat of grass in the pasture, and that the same had not been pastured in the previous summer and fall, but' was held for winter pasture, and that a few days previous to the…