Dumas v. Wagoner

This is an action filed in the District Court of Ottawa County, to recover damages. W. L. Dumas, d/b/a Miami Tin Shop, defendant there, appeals from . a judgment in accord with a jury verdict against him in the sum of $850. Basically, the claim of the plaintiffs, Gene Wagoner and his wife, Carrie Belle Wagoner, was in substance that they had employed the defendant to inspect and clean a fuel oil furnace in their home and that by reason of his negligence in performing the service for which he was employed, a flue joint in the furnace had been left disconnected and plaintiffs’ home had been…