Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. McCahill

This was an action on the case, brought in the circuit court of Kane county by the appellee, to recover for the loss of a barn and contents, alleged to have been destroyed by fire communicated from the engine of appellants running on their road through the village of Woodstock. ■

It is averred in the declaration that at the time the fire oc • eurred the engine of the appellants was not provided with the best and most usual mechanical contrivances to prevent the improvident escape of fire sparks, and, by reason of the neglect in that regard, the appellants were guilty of culpable negligence in…