Cullen v. Bowen
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice, J., entered April 19, 1904, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits he-fore the court, a jury being waived, in an action to recover for property destroyed by a fire negligently set out by defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Rudkin, J. —
This was an action to recover damages for the destruction of property by fire. The complaint charges that the defendant negligently set out and kindled a fire on his own lands, and negligently suffered the fire to spread to the lands of plaintiff, whereby her property was consumed and destroyed. The property destroyed consisted of a bam and outbuildings, together with the hay, grain, and farm implements therein contained. The case was tried by the court without a jury, findings were made in favor of the plaintiff, and, from the judgment entered in accordance therewith, this appeal…
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