St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.

These cases were consolidated for trial and for this appeal. While there were two defendants in the original cases, Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, hereinafter referred to as Gas Company, is the only defendant that has appealed.

In case No 353, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, hereinafter referred to as St. Paul, is the assignee of Paul Pishos, the owner and operator of Paul’s Famous Restaurant in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. The trial judge, sitting without a jury, rendered a judgment of no cause of action, as he found Pishos, the plaintiff’s assignor, guilty of contributory negligence.