Thorgrimson v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

This action was brought to recover damages on account of the destruction by fire of the plant of the Olympic Roofing Company. The property destroyed was about eighty feet south of the main line of the Northern Pacific main track, on what is known as its Seattle division. The plant consisted of two buildings, connected by a plank platform about twenty-four feet wide. The buildings were covered with corrugated iron. The train which is alleged to have set the fire was going up grade past the Olympic company’s plant, at about eleven o’clock at night. The train was observed by only one witness,…