Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railway Co. v. Smock

This was an action in the court below to recover damages for the burning of an ice-house alleged to have been ignited by sparks from one of the locomotive *412engines of the appellant. The court overruled a demurrer interposed to the complaint by the appellant, and to this ruling it reserved an exception.

There was a trial by a jury, resulting in a verdict for the appellees, upon which the court, over a motion for a new trial, rendered judgment. With the general verdict, the jury returned answers to special interrogatories. The appellant moved the court to require the jury to answer more fully…