Virginian Railway Co. v. London

This is an action of trespass on the case, in which M. W. London, hereinafter called plaintiff, suing in his own right and on behalf of the Continental Insurance Company, recovered a judgment against the Virginian Railway Company, hereinafter called the railroad company, for $12,500.00 for the alleged burning of the plaintiff’s barn by sparks or coals dropped or thrown from the railroad company’s engines.

The assignments of error, seven in number, include the action of the court in refusing to set aside the verdict because, as alleged, it is contrary to the law and the evidence and is without…