Morris v. Sierra & San Francisco Power Co.

This is an action in tort, and the appeal is by the defendant from a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiffs for the sum of $8,564.38, as compensatory reimbursement to the plaintiff, Morris, for damage alleged to have been sustained by him through the alleged negligent act of the defendant in causing the store building, and its contents, of said Morris, at Chinese Camp, Tuolumne County, to be destroyed by fire.

The general facts are: It appears that, in the year 1885, Morris constructed and, down to the time of the fire causing the destruction of the property in…