CROCKETT, Chief Justice:
Plaintiff, Rulon Brereton, sued the defendant, Ralph Dixon, alleging that the latter negligently permitted a fire in which he was burning rubbish in connection with a construction project to escape and destroy the usefulness of 111 peach and pear trees, being about one-third of plaintiff's three-acre orchard adjacent to his home in North Provo, Utah. A jury found the issues for the plaintiff and awarded damage of $5,700.
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