Davis v. Louisville N. R. Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees —

Affirming.

L. H. Davis brought this action against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to recover damages in the sum of $500. He alleged in his petition that the agents, servants, and employees of the defendant, in charge of one of its trains, operated the train in such a careless and negligent manner as to cause sparks and cinders to be emitted from the locomotive which set fire to the lands of Charles Mullins, and that the fire spread to plaintiff’s land and burned valuable timber, shrubs, and vegetation. The answer was a traverse. At the conclusion…