Sommer v. Yakima Motor Coach Co.

Two different sets of plaintiffs brought separate actions to recover damages resulting from the destruction of a garage building and certain of its contents by fire alleged to have been communicated from an over-heated stage that had been parked in the garage overnight. The plaintiffs Som-mer, who operated the garage, sought to recover for the destruction of their general garage equipment and tools, their stock of merchandise, two automobiles, and the business theretofore conducted by them. The plaintiffs Sprinkle, owners of the garage building, sought to recover for the destruction of the…