Yamamoto v. Puget Sound Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered December 29, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
On March 19, 1913, fire destroyed a Japanese lodging house, situated in the city of Tacoma, and with it certain personal property of the Japanese tenants and their several lodgers. The individuals suffering the losses assigned their claims for damages to S. Yamamoto, who brought the present action against the Puget Sound Lumber Company to recover the value of the property destroyed. In his complaint the plaintiff alleged that the fire which destroyed the property escaped from an open burner which the lumber company carelessly and negligently maintained at its sawmill. The amount of the demand…
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