McLaughlin v. B. & O. R. R.

Williams, Judge :

Plaintiff recovered a judgment for $852.82 for the loss of her barn, occasioned by the alleged negligence of defendant in suffering sparks to escape from one of its locomotives and set fire to it, and by this writ of error it seeks reversal thereof. The points of error assigned are that the court improperly overruled defendant’s two motions, (1) to direct a verdict for it, and (2) to set aside the verdict and grant it a new trial. Both assignments involve the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict. The following facts are proven and not…