Saperstein v. City of Everett

The plaintiffs by these actions of tort seek to recover from the defendant city damages caused to their property by fire communicated from burning papers blown from a dump. The material facts are not in dispute. The land used as a dump was near the property of the plaintiffs. It was and had been owned for many years by one O’Riorden, and, after his death, by his- heirs. It was a considerable tract of marsh land. Before 1910 and continuously since then the defendant by permission of the owners had used this tract for dumping rubbish, including ashes and papers, which the city collected free of…