Legal Opinion
Morsches Lumber, Inc. v. Probst
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided April 12, 1979No. 3-176A13PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRARD, Presiding Judge.
Appellee Probst brought an action alleging that the negligence of Morsches Lumber, Inc. (Morsches) in its construction of a cattle pole barn built for Probst resulted in the barn's destruction during a windstorm. The trial court found Morsches had been negligent in the manner in which it built the barn, and that this negligence was the proximate cause of the barn's destruction.
Morsches presents several grounds for reversal, one of which is persuasive. The construction agreement called for Probst to carry fire and windstorm insurance and for Morsches to carry…
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Cerny-Pickas & Co. v. C. R. Jahn Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1955
- Rock Springs Realty, Inc. v. WaidSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- Wichita City Lines, Inc. v. PuckettTexas Supreme Court · 1956
- Sears, Roebuck and Company v. PolingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1957
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Rieth-Riley Construction Co. v. Auto-Owners Mutual InsuranceIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- Acadia Insurance Co. v. Buck Construction Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
- Nodaway Valley Bank v. E.L. Crawford Construction, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2004
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