Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Roberts

There was in the court below a recovery by the plaintiff, Green Roberts, against the railroad company, for damages alleged to have been occasioned by a fire in his woods, which he claimed originated from a passing locomotive. The court overruled a motion for a new trial filed by the defendant, and it excepted. It was in the petition charged that the condition of the locomotive was defective; that it was improperly operated; and that the company had negligently allowed combustible matter to remain upon •its right of way. The answer denied all the plaintiff’s charges of negligence. There was on…