Lafferty v. W. M. Ritter Lumber Co.

Litz, Judge:

For damages to his property caused, by forest fire, due to its alleged negligence, the plaintiff obtained verdict and judgment against the defendant in the sum of $1912.00.

Sunday, April 28, 1923, the premises of the plaintiff in Wyoming county were swept by forest fire which he charges was negligently set out the day previous by one of the two locomotive engines owned and operated by defendant, while proceeding over its narrow gauge railroad in said county. The plaintiff introduced, as direct evidence of the negligence complained of, the testimony of W. A. Brooks, who stated that…