Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad v. Owen
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Bourbon District Court. Action brought by Owen against the Railroad Company, to recover damages for certain hay said to have been destroyed by fire from a locomotive engine on the defendant’s railroad. Trial at the December Term, 1880, of the district court, and judgment for the, plaintiff. The defendant brings the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
On the trial, the plaintiff in error (defendant below) asked the court to instruct the jury: “It is a circumstance the jury may consider, as going to prove contributory negligence, that the plaintiff stacked his hay near the railroad track, without guarding it in any way from fire. *420Persons who live near railroads are bound to take notice of the increased danger to their property from fire, and to exercise' a proportionate amount of care to protect it.” The instruction was refused; no similar instruction given; nor anything said in the…
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