Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Murray

Judgment reversed,.

Murray sued tbe railroad company for damages sustained by the setting out of fire from its locomotives. He obtained a verdict, and a new trial was granted, which judgment was affirmed. 90 Ga. 88. At tbe second trial the jury found for tbe plaintiff $700. A new trial was denied, and tbe defendant excepted to this ruling, and to tbe overruling of a demurrer.

Tbe declaration alleges that about March, 1890, tbe defendant, by negligent running of its train and throwing out and emitting sparks, set on fire tbe stubble land adjacent to plaintiff’s woodland, which fire spread and…