Rosevelt v. Hanold

The parties in this case owned adjoining lands in the county of Yan Burén.

The declaration charges that the defendant negligently set fire upon his premises next to and adjoining the wood-land of the plaintiff, and carelessly and negligently allowed the same to escape to the premises of the plaintiff, and thereby destroyed a large amount of rails and timber belonging to the *415plaintiff, to his damage $100. There was also a count in the declaration claiming double damages under the provisions of the statute in such ease provided.

The defendant pleaded the general issue.

The cause was commenced in…