Anderson v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.

Good, C.

Plaintiff brought this suit to recover on four separate causes of action. Eor his first cause of action he alleged that defendant negligently threw out sparks and coals of fire from a passing engine, and thereby started a fire which burned and destroyed certain crops and killed a part of a field of growing alfalfa. For his second cause of action he alleged, the negligent starting of a fire in a similar manner which burned and destroyed a quantity of hay and a rake. For a third cause of action he alleged that the defendant negligently permitted its fence along its right of way to…