Beatrice Foods Co. v. Chatham

STANLEY, Commissioner.

A fire destroyed a building in Shelbyville, the first or main floor of which was occupied by the Begley Drug Store and the basement occupied in part by offices of Dr. Donald Chatham and his associate, who were Begley’s subtenants. The furnace and other facilities under; the control of Begley were also in the basement. Among them was a refrigerating plant serving the drug store. It was owned and maintained by the Kentucky Ice Cream Company, which sold ice cream to Begley. That company was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Beatrice Foods Company. The fire occurred early in…