Williams v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from court of appeals, southern department; A. W. Dennison, B. P. Milton, and M7 Schoonover, judges.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Doster, O. J. :
This was an action brought by L. E. Williams against the board of commissioners of Kearny county to recover damages for the negligent destruction of a building by fire, which the defendant had rented of the plaintiff and which it was occupying for court-house' purposes. A verdict and judgment were rendered in plaintiff’s favor, from' which the defendant prosecuted error to the court of appeals. In addition to the verdict, the jury specially found that the fire which destroyed the building was caused by the negligence of the defendant in…
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