Needham v. King

McGrath,. J.

Plaintiff sued defendant’s intestate, one Peckham, for damages by reason of a fire which Peckham had ignited on his own premises, and which had communicated with plaintiff’s premises. The following sketch will illustrate the situation of the lands of the, respective, parties:

*305Plaintiff’s north 80, and about two-thirds of Peckham’s north 80, had been marshy land. The ditching left a peaty topsoil. That portion of plaintiff’s 80 immediately north of the county ditch had been partially subdued, and produced a kind of'blue grass. Peckham’s land, south of the county ditch, and extending…