Perley v. Eastern Railroad

Under the instructions of the presiding judge the jury must have found that the fire which destroyed the plaintiff’s property proceeded from the defendants’ locomotive, and came in a direct line, and without any break, to the plaintiff’s property. But in reaching the plaintiff’s land it went across the land of three or four different parties which lay between the plaintiff’s land and the railroad track, and the distance to the plaintiff’s land was about half a mile. It was fed on its way by grass, stubble, and woodland. The defendants contend that they are not liable for this injury, because…