Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Trap
Indiana Court of Appeals
From the Jennings Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtCrumpacker, J.
— Margaret Trapp sued the railroad company before a justice of the peace to recover damages for the destruction of fence rails and growing hay and grass by fire. The complaint is in two paragraphs, the first charging in substance that the defendant owned and operated a line of railroad through Jennings county, and on the — day of July, 1887, while running a locomotive engine on said road, carelessly discharged sparks and coals of fire therefrom, upon *71the right of way, igniting a large quantity of dry grass, weeds and other combustible material which the defendant had negligently permitted to…
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