American Ice Co. v. South Gardiner Lumber Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion and exceptions by defendant. Action on the case to recover damages for the loss of the plaintiff’s ice-houses and other property by a fire alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence. Plea, the general issue. Verdict for plaintiff for $7000. Defendant filed a general motion for a new trial also took exceptions to several rulings. Exceptions not considered. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
Action on the case to recover damages for the destruction of property by fire alleged to have been caused by the defend*495ant’s negligence. Verdict for $7000. The case is before this court on motion and exceptions by defendant.
Motion. The plaintiff was the owner of an ice plant situated at South Gardiner, Maine, on the west side of the Kennebec River. The defendant owned a lumber mill and plant immediately adjoining the plaintiff’s plant on the south, and in the operation of its mill maintained and used steam boilers and a smoke-stack for the escape of smoke and cinders from the fires under the…
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