Hood v. Welch

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This was originally an action brought by a landlord, E.W. Hood, to recover damages from his tenant, Carl F. Welch, on the ground that the tenant’s negligence or violation of law caused a fire which extensively damaged the leased building. Most of the,salient facts were stated in our opinion upon the first appeal and need not be repeated. Hood v. Welch, 249 Ark. 1159, 463 S.W. 2d 362 (1971). There we held that the trial court erred in entering a summary judgment for the tenant, because the lease was sufficiently ambiguous to give rise to a question of fact about…