Burnett v. Newcomb

— Hpon a trial to the court and a jury a verdict was rendered in favor of respondent for $500 damages, alleged to have been caused by a fire carelessly and negligently set out by one of the appellants on his own land. This award was allowed by the court to stand, after a motion for a new trial had been denied, and judgment rendered thereon. The trial court, in passing upon the motion for a new trial, tersely stated that it was denied upon the ground that setting a fire on July 17, in the middle of the summer was negligence, and the fire burning plaintiff’s property showed carelessness.

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