Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Curry

This suit was brought by appellee against appellant to recover damages for the destruction of property by fire alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellant. The property destroyed consisted of houses, hay stored therein, and grass growing upon the meadow or pasture lands belonging to the estate of which ap-pellee is administratrix, adjoining the right of way of defendant railway company. The main issue in the case was whether the fire was set out by an engine on the defendant company’s road.

Upon this issue two witnesses testified for plaintiff that the fire sprang up along…