Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1904 — Inportant Decision. [ARTICLE]

Inportant Decision.

Tde Indiana Supreme n urt ba*held tLat the fact that h tire start ed in the grsss six y f<-et fr m a lailroni track imraeli .t ly after a loaoin dive hae pis-tcd by any other apparent og,uße tha.■parka ream the engine, aid that it was proved that m engine with a proper spark arnstor wou d nol throw sparks so far, were suffioienl grounds Tor holding the railroad liable on aooount if the damage done by the fire. The court said that railroads have a right to use fire iu op-rating thdr trains, but that if there is any reset tab'e means by which they oho avuie ciu-iug damages to property atom th ir tracks the riilroads must make use of snoh means.