St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. Madden
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Butler district court; Granville P. Airman, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
*81The opinion of the court was delivered by
Porter, J.:
In 1904 plaintiff in error entered into a contract with Isaac Gregory to burn the grass on a strip 300 feet wide on each side of its right of way in Cowley county for a distance of seven miles. While engaged in burning this strip the fire escaped from his control, ran over the land of defendant in error and destroyed the grass on the ground and the hay in stack. The owner of the land recovered a judgment against the railroad company for the amount of the damages and attorneys’ fees. The defendant brings error.
The sole contention of the…
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