Tarrance v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Sharpe. Action by J. D. Tarrance against A. L. Chapman and another, for damages for setting fire to and burning his house. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Sharpe. Action by J. D. Tarrance against A. L. Chapman and another, for damages for setting fire to and burning his house. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Count 1 is as follows: Plaintiff claims of defendant $5,000 as damages, for that heretofore, to-wit, on or about 25th day of April, 1912, plaintiff owned and was occupying with his family, a residence at 817 Forty-Ninth street, in the city of Birmingham, Ala., and owned a large amount of furniture, goods, and effects in said residence, together with improvements and…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Suit by appellant against appellees for the recovery of damages for the burning of plaintiff’s residence and the contents thereof, to which residence fire was communicated from the burning of a house owned or maintained by the defendants, near by to plaintiff’s said residence, in the city of Birmingham. The fire which burned the defendants’ house is alleged to have originated from a defective flue or chimney. The trial court sustained demurrers to some of the counts of the complaint; and on account of these adverse rulings on the pleadings the plaintiff took a nonsuit and prosecuted this…
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