Allen v. Bainbridge
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Chippewa; Steere, J. Case by John D. Allen against Jacob Bainbridge for damages done by fire. There was .judgment for plaintiff for double the amount of damages under section 11653, 3 Comp. Laws, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This action was brought for the recovery of damages sustained by the plaintiff by the burning of a barn and other property belonging to him, by fire which passed from the premises of the defendant to those of the plaintiff. The plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment. The case is brought here by writ of error.
It was the claim of plaintiff that defendant, without taking any precautions to control the fire, set one out on the premises adjoining to his at a time when it was not reasonably prudent to do so, and negligently permitted it to escape to the premises of the plaintiff. The defendant…
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