Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Gray

By reason of a fire loss to its church building occasioned by the plaintiff First Church of Christian Scientist, it and its subrogee, the plaintiff Cincinnati Insurance Co., commenced action in the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County against the defendant-minor, Jeffrey Allen Gray, and his defendant-parents, Verlin and Geneva Gray, to recover damages for the fire loss occurring April 5, 1979, which they claimed was caused by the minor while trespassing in the church building. This complaint contained no jury demand.

The defendant-parents filed an answer to the complaint of the plaintiffs…