Ortiz v. Padilla

JAMES M. SCARBOROUGH, District Judge.

The plaintiff Manuel Ortiz sought damages from the defendants because of the defendants’ alleged wrongful conduct in causing or contributing to fire damage to a cafe building which had been erected on plaintiff’s land by the defendants under an agreement pursuant to which the defendants would occupy said building rent free for a period of time and upon termination of their occupancy the building would become the property of the plaintiff. Upon a trial of the case to the court, the court found that the defendants “did not attempt to control the fire but…