Wabash Railroad v. Lackey

Suit by appellees for damages from fire alleged to have escaped from appellant’s right of way to appellees’ premises. The amended complaint is in three paragraphs. The first avers that appellees’ lands adjoin the land of one Shultz, through whose land the road runs; that appellant had carelessly permitted dry grass, weeds, and other combustible material to accumulate on its right of way; that it negligently set fire to this material with sparks from an engine; that it negligently permitted the fire to escape from its right of'way to the lands of Shultz; “that the fire so set out by the…