Williams v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActiON by Williams & Garrett against the Southern Rail-, way Company, heard by Judge 0. II. Allen and a jury, at Spring Term, 1901, of the Superior Court of Hebteobd County. Erom a judgment for the plaintiffs, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtFurches, C. J.
On the 19th of April, 1897, the defendant company ran a train over the track of the Norfolk and Carolina Railroad Company, between Tunis and Ahoskie, and soon after said train passed, a fire was discovered in the woods near by, which spread rapidly' and burned the plaintiffs’ wood. The evidence all showed that the fire originated beyond the right-of-way, and the .Judge so told the jury. Two trains of the Norfolk and Carolina had passed over said *117track not long before tbe, fire was discovered, and there was a steam sawmill in operation at tbe time tbe fire was discovered about tbe same…
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