Appellate Court of Illinois, 1915

Silver v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided March 9, 1915 · Dibell

193 Ill. App. 227

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Dibell

delivered the opinion of the court.

3. Railboads, § 932*—sufficiency of evidence to show that fire was set by sparks from locomotive. The evidence in an action against a railroad company for the destruction of property by fire caused by sparks from a locomotive, held sufficient to show that the engine in question had emitted sparks when drawing comparatively light loads, both before and after the fire.

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