Stine v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 389, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Centre Co., Sept. T., 1918, No. 19, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of S. B. Stone v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Trespass for destruction of property. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $116,038.23. Defendant appealed. Error assigned is stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
Plaintiff’s manufacturing plant, consisting of frame shingle roof buildings, with machinery, etc., was located in Centre County, near Osceola, in close proximity to a branch of defendant’s railroad. On the afternoon of October 18,1917, the plant was destroyed by a fire, which plaintiff contended was set by sparks from one of defendant’s engines; this the latter denied. Plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that, shortly before the fire was discovered upon the roof of one of the buildings, a train of loaded coal cars had been drawn up the track by an engine laboring…
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