Legal Opinion
Imperial Production Corp. v. City of Sweetwater
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 23, 1954No. 14513_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
Imperial Production Corporation and Nottingham sued the City of Sweetwa- ter, Texas for damages for the destruction of their airplanes by fire allegedly as the proximate result of negligence on the part of the agents, servants or employees of the City. The City owned and operated an airport in connection with which it rented to the Corporation and to Nottingham space in a hangar for storage of their airplanes and other equipment. On March 20, 1951, the hangar and the airplanes and belongings stored therein were consumed by fire. The district court sustained the City’s…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- City of Beaumont v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1947
- City of Dallas v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1937
- Rhodes v. City of AshevilleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
- Christopher v. City of El PasoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
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