Allegretti v. Murphy-Miles Oil Co.

Appellant complains of the judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming the judgment of the circuit court of Cook county against it, in damages, in the sum of $9533. The facts as to proof of the events on which the declaration was based are not in dispute.

Appellees, who are in the business of- making Neon signs, occupied the basement and first floor of a building owned by the Norwin Building Corporation. The landlord heated the building by use of an oil burner. A 1000-gallon tank in the furnace room served as storage space for fuel oil. Oil was put into this tank through a…