Raas v. Sharp

This action was brought to recover damages for the destruction of certain grain while in the stack. The plaintiff alleges that during the fall of 1909 he had three stacks of oats and one stack of barley; that he employed the defendants, who owned and operated a steam threshing outfit, to thresh his grain; that by reason of certain negligent acts, which are enumerated, sparks *475from the defendants’ engine set fire to the grain, with the result that it was destroyed, to the plaintiff’s damage in the sum of $573. The defendants answered; admitted the employment; denied any negligence on their…