Charlotte Harbor & Northern Railway Co. v. Orchard

The defendant in .error, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, brought suit ¿gainst the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, in the Circuit Court for DeSoto County for damages to an orange grove alleged to have been caused by a fire which the defendant negligently set out and caused to be started by carelessly allowing sparks to be emitted from the smokestack of one of its engines and coals of fire to be dropped from the engine’s ash pan. The original declaration contained five counts; it was amended by adding two counts numbered six and…