Trinity Universal Insurance Co. v. Cattleman's Steak House

ELLIS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered by the trial court that plaintiff-appellant, Trinity Universal Insurance Co., Subrogee of Chambers Dry Goods Co., take nothing in its suit for damages to a stock of merchandise resulting from a fire originating in an adjoining building occupied and used as a restaurant by defendant-appellees, Cattleman’s Steak House and C. C. Miller. Affirmed.

The appellant alleged specific acts of negligence on appellees’ part and, alternatively, relied on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. Appellees answered by a general denial and alternatively…