St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas v. Adcock

Appellee sued appellant for $250 damages, alleged to have been occasioned by sparks escaping from one of appellant’s engines, and setting fire to and burning ap-pellee’s corn of that value.

Appellant formally answered by general demurrer and denial, and specially pleaded that it used ordinary care in equipping the engine in question with the most modern and best, approved spark arresters in general use, which were in good repair, and that said engine was being operated with ordinary care at the time in question. The cause was tried to a jury upon special issues, and upon their answers thereto…