Slaton v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Kittitas county, Kauffman, J., entered November 3, 1916, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for damages from fire.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
This action was brought to recover for the burning of a barn and its contents. The barn was situate adjacent to the right of way of the appellant company. It is alleged that the.fire started in dried grass and weeds upon the right of way, and that the appellant carelessly and negligently permitted fire to escape from a locomotive which passed a short time before the fire was discovered.
The latter ground was abandoned at the time of trial and is not urged here. The case rests upon the first ground, that is, that the company had carelessly and negligently permitted its right of way to become…
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