Allen v. Barrett & Carlton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sac District Court. — ’Hon. C. D. Goldsmith, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for the negligent burning of a warehouse and its contents. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, C. J.
*181 *17I. Barrett & Carlton is a partnership firm, composed of T. A. Barrett and D. D. Carlton. Guy Carlton was in the employ of the firm as a general clerk and salesman. The partnership and the individual members thereof and Guy Carlton were made parties defendant in this action. The partnership was engaged in general merchandise business in the village of Early, in Sac county. The plaintiff was engaged in the agricultural implement business in the same place. On the thirteenth day of September, 1893, a warehouse of the defendants in the rear of their main store building took fire and was totally…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shaw v. KalerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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