Genero v. Ewing

— This is an action by plaintiff, William Genero, against defendant, Henry Ewing, for damages resulting from the destruction by fire of an airplane and hangar, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant; The case was tried to the court without a jury, and judgment rendered in favor of defendant, from which plaintiff appeals.

July 13, 1932, respondent made a landing in an airplane on an airfield two miles out of Colfax. The field was a small one, privately owned, and had neither attendants nor the customary facilities of municipal and commercial fields. The respondent maintained…