Snow v. Duke Power Co.

CLARK, Judge.

Defendant contends that the plaintiffs presented insufficient evidence of causation and of defendant’s negligence to submit the issue to the jury.

Ordinarily, there is no direct evidence of the cause of a fire, and therefore, causation must be established by circumstantial evidence. See, Stone v. Texas Co., 180 N.C. 546, 105 S.E. 425 (1920). “The cause of the fire is not required to be shown by direct and positive proof. ... It may ... be inferred from circumstances. ... It is true that there must be a causal connection between the fire and its supposed origin, but this may be…