(1) Persons, firms, or corporations starting or being responsible for fires that cause damage to any other person shall make satisfaction in double damage to the party injured.
(2) Damages are to be recovered by civil action.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-22-304
Civil action for damages
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Fleece v. Kankey (2002)
Most recently applied in Fleece v. Kankey (April 2002)
Acts 1935, No. 85, § 4; Pope's Dig., § 3052; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-1954.
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.