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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. HARRIS

No. 5-592.

276 S.W.2d 686 (1955)

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. F. G. HARRIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 28, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright, Harrison, Lindsey & Upton, Little Rock, for appellant.

Odell Pollard, Searcy, for appellee.

GRIFFIN SMITH, Chief Justice.

Appellee as plaintiff below sued Rock Island for $1,250 to compensate damages claimed to have been sustained when fire spread to his grassland adjoining the defendant's right-of-way. In the complaint it is alleged that the fire was "believed to have escaped" from the company's property. In testifying Harris said: "I don't know anything about the fire. I don't have any idea how it got started—not the least idea. I would not undertake...

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