Ellis v. New Orleans Great Northern R. Co.

The plaintiff, Harvey E. Ellis, owns an extensive country estate, on which he makes his home, situated about a quarter of a mile north of the town of Covington. The right of way of the defendant railroad company adjoins the estate on the north and east. During the summer and fall of the year 1934 plaintiff’s property was visited by four fires, which he claims were caused by sparks from locomotives of the defendánt company. The first and fourth fires occasioned little or no damage, but the. second and third fires swept over a large acreage and caused considerable loss. These fires occurred on…