Midland Valley Railroad Co. v. Abbott

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in the district court of Osage county, in an action brought by the defendant in error, as plaintiff below, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of a fire negligently set out on her pasture land August 4, 1936, by one of the plaintiff in error’s locomotives. Eor convenience we shall refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiff’s petition sought recovery for loss of the grass crops for the years of 1936 to 1940, inclusive, and for deterioration of the land for the same period, in the total amount of…