Talley v. Courter

This suit is brought to recover damages against the defendant for having willfully, maliciously, and negligently set fire to his premises next adjoining those of the plaintiff, with intent to injure the plaintiff, and for having willfully, negligently, and maliciously permitted the fire to pass over and destroy a portion of the plaintiff’s land; and plaintiff claims double damages therefor, under the provisions of section 9402, How. Stat.

Plaintiff and defendant live on adjoining farms. On Friday, September 20, 1889, the defendant set fire to a pile of stumps a short distance from plaintiff’s…