Francis v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Dickinson District Goiurt.— Hon. W. B. Quar-ton, Judge. Action to recover the value of buildings and furniture destroyed by fire alleged to have been negligently started by an employe of the defendant. There was a. verdict for the plaintiff, and from judgment thereon the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
On the 24th day of April, 1902, the plaintiff was owner of a lot at Hayward’s Bay, a plat of ground so called, bordering Lake Okoboji, on which he had erected a house and barn. The lot next to it belonged to the defendant, and on this there were like improvements, the houses being *392but six or eight feet apart. On that day H. S. Miller, with a helper, began the removal of the old paint from defendant’s house by the use of a blow torch. At about two o’clock in the afternoon the house took fire, and communicated to that of plaintiff and his barn, destroying both. The evidence was such as to…
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