Middlesex Supply, Inc. v. Martin & Sons, Inc.

This action of tort was to recover for the loss of personal property (count 1) and a shed (count 3) in a fire allegedly due to the defendant’s negligence. There was a verdict for the defendant on each count. The only exception is to the admission in evidence of a deceased deputy fire chief’s report.

On July 5, 1962, two welders employed by the defendant drove their truck, which had an oxygen acetylene torch and other apparatus for cutting pipe, onto the plaintiff’s premises. There they bought a pipe which was too long to be transported on the truck. The welders started to cut the pipe with the…