Duffy v. National Janitorial Services, Inc.

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Musmanno,

Edward B. Duffy was the owner of a building at 104 North York Road, Hatboro. He and several other lawyers, all plaintiffs in this case, occupied the building in the practice of the law. The National Janitorial Services, Inc., defendant in the case, entered into a contract with the plaintiffs to perform certain services consisting of cleaning offices, emptying waste baskets, emptying ashes from the incinerator and removing trash and ashes.

On the night of May 7, 1963, a fire broke out in the plaintiff’s offices causing considerable damage, and the plaintiffs…