Taylor v. Republic Grocery

OPINION

PRESLAR, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendants-appellants, Homer Taylor and Hailey Russell Company, from a judgment in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Republic Grocery. Ap-pellee brought suit against appellants, alleging negligence in failing to procure fire insurance on a building. The jury found the cost to repair the fire damage to be $5,000.00. We affirm.

The record reflects that at the time of the fire the building was owned by George S. Yee, Suey Yee, Poon Wong, Ben K. Wong and Chung Wong. Title had previously been in the name of George S. Yee, Trustee, for Suey Yee, Poon Wong, Ben…