Texas Supreme Court June 28, 1900, No. 920. (Scott v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.)

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

Plaintiffs in error sued defendant in error to recover the value of buildings and other property destroyed by fire, alleging that the fire had been set by sparks which escaped from one of defendant’s locomotives, through its negligence in failing to keep its engine properly equipped with appliances to prevent the escape of sparks, and in carelessly operating the