CIVIL DAMAGES FOR BURNING OF TIMBER 109 



entitled to have the question of his good faith submitted 

 to the jury, x and in support of hi splea of good faith and 

 to avoid exemplary damages he may show that he acted 

 under the advice of legal counsel. - 



93 Civil Damages for the Burning of the Woods. 



Although many of the statutes imposing penalties for the 

 firing of the woods intentionally or negligently specifically 

 declare that the offender shall also be liable in a civil action 

 for all damages suffered, r> or even for multiple or exem- 

 plary damages, 4 it is undoubtedly the general rule of law 

 that such an offender will be liable in a civil action for single 

 damages where no such provision is contained in the stat- 

 ute, 5 unless he be able to establish that the firing was 

 done lawfully and without intentional or negligent fault 

 on his part. 6 Moreover, many of these statutes make the 



1. Gentry v. I'. S. 101 Fed. 51; 41 C. C. A. 185; See U. S. v. Teller. 106 Fed. 447. 45 



C. C. A. 410. 



2. U. S. v. Mullen Fuel Co., 118 Fed. 603. Set: Fallen v. Collins, (Tex. Civ. App.) 



120 S. W. 540 (1909). 



3. Colo. Spencer v. Murphy, 6 Colo. App. 453. -11 Pac. 811. 



Iowa Brunell v. Hopkins, 42 Iowa 429 (Holding a cultivated field not within 



statute as to i rairie or timber.) 



Kan. Interstate Galloway Cattle Co. v. Kline. 51 Kan. 23, 32 Pac. 62s. 

 Mo. Waters v. Brown, 44 Mo. 302. 



4. Cal. Gamier v. Porter. 90 Cal. 105, 27 Pac. 55. 

 Mich. Boyd v. Rice, 38 Mich. 599. 



Mo. Rev. Stal. 1879, Sec. 2129. Kussell v. Regan, 34 Mo. App. 212: Kahle v. 

 Hobein, 30 Mo. App. 472. 



5. Atk Bizx.ell v. Booker, 16 Ark. 308. 



Colo. Spencer v. Murphy, 6 Colo. App. 453, It Pac. 841. 



Conn. Grannis v. Cummings, :5 Conn. 165. Si-t also Aver v. Starkey, 30 Conn. 



304. 



Fla. Saussy v. South Fla. It. Co., 22 Fla. 327. 

 111. Armstrong v. Cooley, 10 III. 509; .Johnson . Barber, 10 111. 425, 50 Am. 



Dec. 516. 



la. Lewis v. Schult/, 98 la. 341, 67 X'. W. 206; Brunell v. Hopkins, 12 la. 429. 

 Kan. Interstate Galloway Cattle Co. v. Kline. 51 Kan. 23, 32 Pac. 628; .larralt 



v. Apple, 31 Ivan. 093, 3 Pac. 571: Hunt v. Haines, 25 Kan. 210. 

 Mo. Waters v. Brown, 44 Mo. 302; Finley v. Langston, 12 Mo. 120; Kahle v. 



Hobein, 30 Mo. App. 472. 

 N. C. Lamb v. Sloan, 94 X. C. 534; Robertson v. Morgan. 118 N. C. 991, 21 



S. K. 607. 

 Wis. Koike v. Chicago & N. W. It. It. Co., 26 Wis. 537: Kellog v. Chicago & 



N. W. It. It. Co., 20 Wis. 223 (1870). 

 Ark. Bi/./ell v. Booker, 10 Ark. 308. 



Cal. Gamier v. Porter, 90 Cal. 105, 27 Pac. 55. (stubhlei. 



la. Brunnell v. Hopkins, 42 la. 429; .Jacobs v. Andrews, 1 Iowa 500; DeFrance 



v. Spencer, 2 G. Greene 462. 

 Mo. Sturgis v. Robbins, 62 Me. 289. 

 Mich. Boyd v. Rice, 38 Mich. 599. 

 Mo. Russell v. Keagen, 34 Mo. App. 242; Kahle v. Hobein, 30 Mo. App. 472; 



Finley v. Langston, 12 Mo. App. 120; Miller v. Martin, 16 Mo. 508. 

 Neb. Vansyoc v. Freewater Cemetery Assoc., G3 Neb. 143, 88 X. W. 162. 

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