Wight v. H. G. Christman Co.

W. Gurdon Wight and Pearl A. Wight, his wife, were the owners of a dwelling house in Lansing, together with the contents therein. The house was insured in The Fire Association of Philadelphia, and the contents in the Wolverine Insurance Company. North and west of the premises of the Wights, the H. G. Christman Company contracted to build a building. John F. Gohr, doing business as Lansing Excavating Company, was engaged to do the excavating for this building. To do it he operated a steam shovel, the steam for which was generated by coal. It is plaintiffs’ claim that sparks were communicated…