Clark v. Public Service Co.

This suit was originally instituted by George W.. Clark and Rose A. Clark against the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois to recover damages which they alleged they sustained as a result of their property being injured and destroyed by a fire on July 30, 1931. Before the trial, George W. Clark was dismissed out of the suit as a plaintiff and the declaration appropriately amended. As amended the declaration consisted of five counts. In the first count it was alleged that on July 30, 1931, the defendant was a public utility engaged in the business of furnishing to the inhabitants of…