Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis R. R. v. Rogers

Citations

• 62 Ill. 346

Syllabus

<p>1. Negligence—injury by fire from locomotive. Where a railroad company suffered a heavy growth of dry grass to remain on its right of way through plaintiff’s premises, and fire was communicated from the locomotive of a freight train, while laboring to ascend a heavy grade, to the grass and weeds in the right of way, and from thence communicated to the fences and grass of plaintiff, which was destroyed: Held, that the company was guilty of negligence, and that the plaintiff was entitled to recover.</p>