Johnson v. Central Railroad Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wells, J.

These three suits were brought to recover the loss sustained by the plaintiffs as a result of two forest fires alleged to have been communicated from sparks thrown from one or more of the locomotives of the defendant.

The cases were tried together at the Ocean Circuit and resulted in verdicts for the plaintiffs. From the judgments entered thereon the present appeals are taken.

There was no motion for nonsuits, and no motion for directions of verdicts at the close of the plaintiffs’ case, so that there are no questions of fact involved.

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