Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1916

Pinkham v. Witham

Pinkham v. Witham
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided July 26, 1916
115 Me. 548; 98 A. 1083; 1916 Me. LEXIS 88

Pinkham v. Witham

Opinion of the Court

Action on the case for damages alleged to have been caused by a fire set by the defendant on his own land and which spread to and over the land of the plain*549tiffs. A verdict for $62.12 was returned for the plaintiffs and the case comes to the Law Court on defendant’s motion for a new trial,

Andrew C. Halpen, for plaintiff. George A. Cowan, for defendant.

Held;

The court is not convinced that the jury erred in finding for the plaintiffs, or in the amount of damages awarded. Motion overruled.

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