Perry v. Southern Pacific Railroad

Citations

• 50 Cal. 578

Syllabus

<p>Negligence op Railboad Company in Case op Eibe.—If a railroad company permits dry grass, which will readily take fire, to remain on its track, it is not negligence per se, but a fact from which negligence may be inferred by the jury in an action to recover damages for the destruction of a crop, alleged to have been set on fire by sparks from an engine.</p> <p>Question pok Juey in Case op Railboad Company.—If a crop is destroyed by fire on the line of a railroad, and the fire originates from a spark emitted from the engine, which ignites the grass some distance from the crop, the question whether the destruction of the crop was the proximate result to be reasonably expected from the carelessness of the railroad company, is one of fact for the jury.</p>