Peterson v. Cleary

Jennie Peterson, plaintiff, brought suit against William Cleary, defendant, for causing the destruction of her farm house and part of its contents by fire through his negligence. She owned the farm on which the house was situated. It stood about 45 feet south of the center line of the Bundy Line road, Hagar township, Berrien county. On the morning of June 5, 1929, plaintiff went to work on a strawberry patch about 100 feet from the house. She left no fire burning in the house. The kitchen stove had not been in use for several days, the meals having been prepared on a kerosene stove. The house…