Barnes v. Zettlemoyer

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

The parties to this controversy /owned adjacent lots in the town of Comanche, upon each of which was a one-story stone building, used by its owner as a place of business. .Appellant’s house was destroyed by fire, and appellee’s was injured at the same time by an explosion in that of appellant. This action for damages was consequently brought by appellee against appellant, and resulted in a verdict and judgment in his favor for $500, from which this appeal is taken. The ground of liability was thus stated in appellee’s petition: “That on the night of December 31,…