Blaine v. Vandalia Railroad

Per Curiam:.

This is an action by Flossie S. Blaine and W. H. Peavler against the Vandalia Railroad Company, for the recovery of damages occasioned to them through the loss of a stack of hay and a lot of clover seed in the field, which it is alleged was destroyed by fire by reason of the negligence of the defendant. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment against the defendant for $60.

The evidence develops that the plaintiff, Mrs. Blaine, was the owner of a farm a short distance east of Lovington, Illinois, through which the right of way and track of the defendant railroad company passed,…