Quanah, A. & P. Ry. Co. v. Lancaster

Appellee, Lancaster, sued appellant, railway company, for damages in the sum of $3,750, for alleged injury to the grass, turf, and timber on certain land owned by appellee in. Motley county, resulting from fire set out by defendant’s engine on or about the 15th day of July, 1916. Appellee alleged that appellant’s locomotive was defective and improperly built, in a poor state of repair, and so carelessly, negligently, and unskillfully managed that fire escaped therefrom and ignited the grass and other combustible matter which appellant is alleged to have negligently permitted to accumulate…