Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Russell

HARWOOD, Judge.

Charles Russell, plaintiff below, gained a verdict and judgment in the amount of $800 in a suit against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company. The complaint claimed damages because of defendant’s action in negligently permitting combustible material to accumulate on its right of way, which material was ignited by fire escaping from one of defendant’s locomotives. As a proximate result of the negligence of the defendant a large amount of timber and fences were rendered useless, and plaintiff’s land and vegetation thereon was rendered less valuable.

In the complaint as filed…