Johnson v. McLain Investment Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Lillie M. Johnson and others brought an action against the McLain Investment Company, alleging that one Frank Jones, an agent of the defendant in charge of a ranch which it owned, had negligently allowed a fire to spread from this ranch to premises of the plaintiffs, where it destroyed a barn. A demurrer to the plaintiffs’ evidence was sustained and they brought the case here. The question principally argued at the hearing was whether the evidence showed such relations between the company and Jones as to render it liable for the results of…